Environment - Netherlands
PRB monitoring
▪ The Netherlands achieved a KEA performance of 2.73% compared to its target of 2.63% and did not contribute positively towards achieving the Union-wide target. KEA deteriorated by 0.1 p.p..
▪ FABEC states that for the Netherlands it would appear that the national contribution to the FABEC target is challenging but feasible. It is also mentioned that performance is susceptible to disturbances, e.g. weather conditions.
▪ Both KEP and SCR values have worsened and are at their highest values in five years.
▪ The share of CDO operations is lower compared to 2020, but higher than pre-pandemic levels.
▪ Additional time in terminal airspace decreased from 1.02 to 0.86min/flight, while additional taxi out time increased from 1.78 to 2.19 min/flight.
AXOT
Additional taxi-out times at Amsterdam (EHAM; 2019: 3.11 min/dep; 2020: 1.78 min/dep.; 2021: 2.19 min/dep.) were quite high in February and April, exceeding the 2019 levels. Alongside the traffic recovery, the additional times followed an increasing trend since May, ending the year with values very close to the performance in 2019.
According to FABEC monitoring report: Taxi out times at Schiphol are expected to improve by the realisation of a dual taxiway over the A4 motorway in 2021, replacing the single taxiway Q. This reduces the number of conflicts due to opposite traffic in specific runway combinations. The dual taxiway also allows through-traffic to bypass aircraft waiting in line at the runway holding point. In both cases waiting times during taxiing decrease, and thus taxi out additional times.
ASMA
Additional times in the terminal airspace of Amsterdam (EHAM; 2019: 1.78 min/arr.; 2020: 1.02 min/arr.; 2021: 0.86 min/arr.) remained low in the first half of the year (averaging 0.42 min/arr.) but in the second half experienced a progressive increase reaching in December more than 1.5 min/arr, close to the performance in December 2019.
According to FABEC monitoring report: Additional times in the Arrival Sequencing and Metering Area (ASMA) for Schiphol are expected to reduce when inbound traffic is handed over from Area Control to Approach Control with a high accuracy. Extended arrival management which will introduce a stepwise increase in the planning horizon for arrival traffic, allowing more efficient sequencing and a higher timeliness of delivery at the IAFs.
Share of arrivals applying continuous descent operations (CDOs) (PI#5)
Amsterdam, being the major airport in the Netherlands, has the highest share of CDO flights of the 4 airports: 29.2% which is a small decrease with respect to 2020 and which is a little below the overall RP3 value in 2021 (30.5%). Groningen (EHGG) and Rotterdam (EHRD) both have a higher share of CDO flights than in 2020 while it has reduced at Maastricht-Aachen (EHBK) from 11.3% to 8.9% of CDO flights in 2021.
According to FABEC monitoring report: For the Netherlands, the percentage of arrivals performing a CDO is similar in 2021 compared to 2020. Even with lower traffic levels arrivals have to fly a part of the approach in level flight e.g. due to procedures (vertical separation between parallel approaches, interception of glide slope from below). The average time in level flight, a different indicator, has significantly reduced, so a peformance improvement was achieved in 2021.
| Airport level |
| Airport |
Additional taxi-out time (PI#3)
|
Additional ASMA time (PI#4)
|
Share of arrivals applying CDO (PI#5)
|
| 2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
| Schiphol |
1.78 |
2.19 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
1.02 |
0.86 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
30% |
29% |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Beek |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
11% |
9% |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Eelde |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
26% |
28% |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Rotterdam |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
20% |
22% |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Update on Military dimension of the plan
Military - related measures implemented or planned to improve capacity
Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#6
Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#7
Initiatives implemented or planned to improve PI#8