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Traffic and transport figures for May 2023

Almost 5.6 million passengers flew from, via or to Schiphol in May 2023. That is an increase compared to 2022 (+7%) and 2021 (+406%). The amount of flights to and from Schiphol was 39,568. That also is an increase compared to 2022 (+3%) and 2021 (+154%).

 

2019 

2020 

2021 

2022 

2023 

Number of passengers   

6,441,473 

208,286

1,106,740 

5,217,649 

5,599,870 

Number of commercial flights     

44,707

5,878 

15,579 

38,420 

39,568 

Number of cargo flights    

1,225 

2,543 

2,011 

1,537 

1,414 

Transported tonnage     

133,648 

104,745 

147,017 

119,551 

117,999 


Passengers 
Of the almost 5.6 million passengers in May, almost 1.9 million passengers had a transfer at Schiphol. The passengers with a transfer were 950,000 unique passengers, who are counted two times in the international counting method: as an arriving passenger and departing passenger. 4 million passengers travelled from or to a destination within Europe (+4% compared to 2022), almost 1.6 million outside of Europe (+20% compared to 2022).

Flights 
The number of flights to and from Schiphol was 39,568 in May 2023. This is an increase compared to 2022 (+3%), 2021 (+154%) and 2020 (+755%). Of the 39,568 flights, 32,218 went to European destinations and 7,350 to intercontinental destinations.

Cargo 
The number of all-cargo flights has decreased from 1,537 to 1,414, compared to 2022. The total transported volume was 117,999 tonnes in May 2023. That is a decrease compared to 2019, 2021, 2022).

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