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Delta always seems to land at the gate in Belgium, you walk over to Amsterdam, then walk to the baggage claim over in Rotterdam. Every time I fly in, I’m amaze

• jacquesm 6y ago
  That's the fifth landing strip, it is closer to Haarlem than to Hoofddorp (where Schiphol really is). 15 minutes taxiing is not exceptional there. You also cross two highways (A5 and A4) to get there.
• awiesenhofer 6y ago
  > I’m amazed at how much time we spend taxiing I am baffled by this every time I am flying as well. That alone - for me at least - is a huge argument for taking the train vs the plane when traveling. Never had more than a 5 minute walk in european trainstations and no baggage claim either.
  • jacquesm 6y ago
    The main reason that landing strip is where it is is because of noise pollution rules. Schiphol was/is growing very fast as an international hub (faster still now that Heathrow will be out of the EU) and that caused a lot of flights over densely populated areas. There was some talk about moving the airport into the sea but that didn't work out either so in the end they added another strip in a relatively unpopulated area that allowed starts and landings from the direction of Alkmaar / Heemskerk / Beverwijk. Most of those including the line-up turns are over agrarian areas, though in some cases the agrarian strip is only a few 100 meters wide, for instance between Heemskerk and Uitgeest where a lot of planes make their turn into final approach.