DUTCH AVIATION AT SCHIPHOL AIRPORT

THIS AIRPORT STARTED OUT ITS LIFE AS A MILITARY AIR FORCE BASE IN 1916, BEFORE THAT IT WAS JUST A  LARGE LAKE MAINLY USED TO SHELTER SHIPS WHEN STORMS HIT THE AREA  COAST LINE,  BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY SHALLOW  LAKE SOME SHIPS  RAN  A GROUND,  AND ENDED UP  WRECKED,   HENCE CAME THE NAME SCHIPHOL , TRANSLATED  INTO ENGLISH  ( SHIPS HOLE )

SCHIPHOL HAS GROWN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS INTO THE 3RD LARGEST , AND THE 5TH BUSIEST AIRPORT IN EUROPE, CARRYING  AROUND 48,000,000 PASSENGERS AND  HANDLING  OVER 1.566.828 TONS OF CARGO  PER YEAR

IT NOW HAS 5 RUNWAYS, PLUS A SMALL  COMMERCIAL RUNWAY , 

BELOW ARE PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE PLANES THAT TAKE OFF, AND  LAND AT THIS FANTASTIC MODERN AIRPORT