Amsterdam Airport Schiphol began in 1916 as a military airfield in the Haarlemmermeer polder, southwest of Amsterdam, which was reclaimed land created by draining a lake in the 19th century. Civil aviation began there in the early 1920s, and the airport grew along with the Dutch airline KLM, which was founded in 1919 and has its main hub there. After being destroyed in the Second World War, it was rebuilt and expanded in the postwar decades with new terminals and runways. Schiphol is among the busiest airports in Europe, and it is known for a design in which a single terminal building serves all passengers. Noise and environmental concerns have led to debate about limiting flights.
Before and after
- 1916General relativity
- 1916Establishment of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
- from 1916 to 1934Basmachi movement
- 1916Construction of Josep Tarradellas Airport Barcelona-El Prat
- 1916Construction of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
- from 5 February 1916 to 15 April 1916Trebizond Campaign
- 7 March 1916Founding of BMW
- 11 March 1916Birth of Harold Wilson
- 5 April 1916Birth of Gregory Peck
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