Runways
| Number | Runway direction/code | Length (in metres and feet) |
Runway common name | source of the name | Surface | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18R/36L | 3,800 m 12,467 ft |
Polderbaan | decided via contest. 'Polder' is the Dutch word for land reclaimed from a body of water. Schiphol Airport is situated in a polder. | Asphalt | newest runway, opened 2003 Located to reduce the noise impact on the surrounding population; aircraft have a lengthy 15 minute taxi to and from the Terminal. The intended landing runway for Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, which crashed in a field just short of the runway. |
| 2 | 06/24 | 3,500 m 11,483 ft |
Kaagbaan | named after the Kagerplassen which lies at the end of the runway | Asphalt | De Kaagbaan offered a nice location for spotters until the spotting-location was closed in January 2008 |
| 3 | 09/27 | 3,453 m 11,329 ft |
Buitenveldertbaan | named after Buitenveldert, a part of Amsterdam | Asphalt | El Al Flight 1862 was trying to land at this runway when it crashed into a block of flats in the Bijlmermeer. |
| 4 | 18L/36R | 3,400 m 11,155 ft |
Aalsmeerbaan | named after Aalsmeer | Asphalt | - |
| 5 | 18C/36C | 3,300 m 10,826 ft |
Zwanenburgbaan | named after village Zwanenburg | Asphalt | El Al Flight 1862 took off from this runway before crashing into flats in the Bijlmermeer when the plane was trying to return to the airport |
| 6 | 04/22 | 2,014 m 6,608 ft |
Oostbaan | most Eastern (Oost) of all runways | Asphalt | In October 2010 a B-737 of Corendon Airlines overshot this short runway and ended up with its nosegear in the mud |
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