# Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM / EHRD)

**Rotterdam The Hague Airport** (IATA: RTM, ICAO: EHRD) is a large airport in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. It opened in 1956. It has one runway, 2,200 m (7,218 ft) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 2.4 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehrd

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RTM / EHRD
- Type: Large airport
- Owner: Royal Schiphol Group
- Serves: Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Opened: 1956
- Elevation: -5 m / -15 ft
- Coordinates: 51.9569, 4.4372
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,200 m / 7,218 ft
- Passengers: 2,364,807 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Amsterdam
- Website: http://www.rotterdamthehagueairport.nl
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam_The_Hague_Airport (32 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q656807
- Weather station: EHRD · WMO 06344
- Ident: EHRD

## Timeline

- 1956: Rotterdam The Hague Airport opens.
- 6 Oct 1981: NLM CityHopper Flight 431. 17 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,200 m / 7,218 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 056° / 235° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,630,739 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 1,645,362 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 1,650,462 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 1,739,998 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 1,915,026 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 2,101,900 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 493,594 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 760,826 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 2,123,209 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 2,234,076 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 2,246,954 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 2,364,807 | Eurostat |

## Routes

46 destinations in 13 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (20)

- [STN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egss.md) London Stansted Airport · United Kingdom · 288 km / 179 mi · Transavia
- [LCY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eglc.md) London City Airport · United Kingdom · 306 km / 190 mi · British Airways
- [TRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lipq.md) Trieste Airport · Italy · 947 km / 588 mi · Transavia
- [BCN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lebl.md) Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · Spain · 1,199 km / 745 mi · Transavia
- [TSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrtr.md) Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport · Romania · 1,407 km / 874 mi · Animawings
- [VLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/levc.md) Valencia Airport · Spain · 1,437 km / 893 mi · Transavia
- [ALC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leal.md) Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport · Spain · 1,569 km / 975 mi · Transavia
- [ALG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/daag.md) Houari Boumediene Airport · Algeria · 1,700 km / 1,056 mi · Air Algérie
- [OTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lrop.md) Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport · Romania · 1,792 km / 1,113 mi · Animawings
- [LIS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lppt.md) Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport · Portugal · 1,802 km / 1,120 mi · Transavia
- [SVQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lezl.md) Seville Airport · Spain · 1,807 km / 1,123 mi · Transavia
- [AGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lemg.md) Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · Spain · 1,838 km / 1,142 mi · Transavia
- [FAO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lpfr.md) Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport · Portugal · 1,925 km / 1,196 mi · Transavia
- [NDR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmmw.md) Nador Al Aaroui International Airport · Morocco · 1,978 km / 1,229 mi · Transavia
- [AHU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmta.md) Cherif Al Idrissi Airport · Morocco · 1,978 km / 1,229 mi · Transavia
- [TNG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmtt.md) Tangier Ibn Battuta Airport · Morocco · 1,982 km / 1,232 mi · Air Arabia
- [FEZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmff.md) Fes Saïss International Airport · Morocco · 2,142 km / 1,331 mi · Transavia
- [SAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfj.md) Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport · Türkiye · 2,251 km / 1,399 mi · Pegasus Airlines, AJet
- [LPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gclp.md) Gran Canaria Airport · Spain · 3,138 km / 1,950 mi · Transavia
- [TFS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gcts.md) Tenerife Sur Airport · Spain · 3,180 km / 1,976 mi · Transavia

### Seasonal (27)

- [GVA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsgg.md) Geneva International Airport · Switzerland · 647 km / 402 mi · Transavia
- [INN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lowi.md) Innsbruck Airport · Austria · 721 km / 448 mi · Transavia
- [GNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfls.md) Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport · France · 736 km / 457 mi · Transavia
- [SZG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lows.md) Salzburg Airport · Austria · 768 km / 477 mi · Transavia
- [EGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfbe.md) Bergerac Dordogne-Périgord airport · France · 844 km / 524 mi · Transavia
- [TLN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfth.md) Toulon-Hyères Airport · France · 993 km / 617 mi · Transavia
- [PUY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldpl.md) Pula Airport · Croatia · 1,050 km / 652 mi · Transavia
- [BIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfkb.md) Bastia-Poretta International airport · France · 1,112 km / 691 mi · Transavia
- [GRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lege.md) Girona-Costa Brava Airport · Spain · 1,125 km / 699 mi · Transavia
- [PEG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirz.md) Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport · Italy · 1,155 km / 718 mi · Transavia
- [ZAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldzd.md) Zadar Airport · Croatia · 1,190 km / 739 mi · Transavia
- [FCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lirf.md) Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · Italy · 1,274 km / 792 mi · Transavia
- [SPU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ldsp.md) Split Saint Jerome Airport · Croatia · 1,286 km / 799 mi · Transavia
- [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 1,386 km / 861 mi · Transavia
- [DBV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lddu.md) Dubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport · Croatia · 1,472 km / 915 mi · Transavia
- [IBZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leib.md) Ibiza Airport · Spain · 1,474 km / 916 mi · Transavia
- [BDS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/libr.md) Brindisi Airport · Italy · 1,624 km / 1,009 mi · Transavia
- [PMO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/licj.md) Falcone–Borsellino Airport · Italy · 1,674 km / 1,040 mi · Transavia
- [LEI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leam.md) Almería Airport · Spain · 1,763 km / 1,095 mi · Transavia
- [CTA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/licc.md) Catania-Fontanarossa Airport · Italy · 1,813 km / 1,127 mi · Transavia
- [CFU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgkr.md) Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport · Greece · 1,817 km / 1,129 mi · Transavia
- [OUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmfo.md) Oujda Angads Airport · Morocco · 1,975 km / 1,227 mi · Transavia
- [TNG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gmtt.md) Tangier Ibn Battuta Airport · Morocco · 1,982 km / 1,232 mi · Transavia
- [ATH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgav.md) Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · Greece · 2,175 km / 1,351 mi · Aegean Airlines
- [KGS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgko.md) Kos International Airport "Ippokratis" · Greece · 2,447 km / 1,520 mi · Transavia
- [HER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgir.md) Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport · Greece · 2,472 km / 1,536 mi · Transavia
- [ESB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltac.md) Esenboğa International Airport · Türkiye · 2,542 km / 1,580 mi · SunExpress

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from RTM, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (2)

- DYE [Dynamic Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/dynamic-airlines)
- SHE [Shell Aircraft](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/shell-aircraft)

### Passenger (9)

- HV [Transavia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/transavia) · 39
- AWG [Animawings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/animawings) · 2
- A3 [Aegean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aegean-airlines) · 1 · seasonal
- AH [Air Algérie](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-algerie) · 1
- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 1
- TK [AJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ajet) · 1
- BA [British Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-airways) · 1
- PC [Pegasus Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/pegasus-airlines) · 1
- XQ [SunExpress](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunexpress) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.4M (2025) | #530 of 3,974 | #141 in Europe | #3 in NL |
| Longest runway | 2,200 m / 7,218 ft | =3,269 of 29,858 | =644 in Europe | #11 in NL |
| Elevation | -5 m / -15 ft | #43,365 of 43,403 | #5,908 in Europe | #38 in NL |
| Age | Opened 1956 | =4,178 of 15,079 | =859 in Europe | #14 in NL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =13 in NL |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ARR | Schiphol Arrival | 118.405 |
| APP | Rotterdam Approach | 122.990 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 128.565 |
| GND/CDL | Rotterdam Clearance Delivery | 122.180 |
| TWR | Rotterdam Tower | 118.205 |
| DEP | Schiphol Departure | 121.205 |
| FIS | Amsterdam Information | 124.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 45 km / 28 mi
- [GLZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehgr.md) Gilze Rijen Air Base · 55 km / 34 mi
- [WOE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehwo.md) Woensdrecht Air Base · 57 km / 35 mi
- [ANR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebaw.md) Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) · 85 km / 53 mi
- [EIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eheh.md) Eindhoven Airport · 86 km / 53 mi
- [LEY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehle.md) Lelystad Airport · 92 km / 57 mi

## In collections

- [Below sea level](https://dromopedia.com/collections/below-sea-level) #39

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Rotterdam The Hague Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rotterdam_The_Hague_Airport&oldid=1376289974), revision of 23 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ehrd/data