Amsterdam Schiphol Airport has entered its fifth straight day of major disruption, with snow, ice, and operational constraints continuing to cripple one of Europe’s busiest hubs and sending shockwaves through airline schedules across the continent.
Per FlightAware, AMS simply cannot shake its operational difficulty:
At the core of the problem is Schiphol’s limited ability to process aircraft in sustained winter conditions. Snow and ice slow runway operations and significantly lengthen de-icing times. When multiple aircraft require de-icing simultaneously, departures back up rapidly, as we continue to see. Add wind restrictions and reduced runway throughput (takeoffs and landings per hour), and the airport simply cannot move planes fast enough to keep schedules intact.
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