Annual Monitoring Report 2023 - Netherlands
Contextual information
National performance plan adopted following Commission Decision (EU) 2023/179 of 14 December 2022
List of ACCs 1
Amsterdam ACC
No of airports in the scope of the performance plan
≥80’K 1
<80’K 3
Exchange rate (1 EUR=)
2017: 1 EUR
2023: 1 EUR
Share of Union-wide traffic (TSUs) 2023 2.3%
Share of Union-wide en route costs 2023 3.8%
Share en route / terminal costs 2023 77% / 23%
En route charging zone(s)
Netherlands
Terminal charging zone(s)
Netherlands
Main ANSP
• LVNL
Other ANSPs
• MUAC
MET Providers
• Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
Traffic (En route traffic zone)
▪ Netherlands recorded 1,193K actual IFR movements in 2023, +9% compared to 2022 (1,092K).
▪ Actual 2023 IFR movements were -4.1% below the plan (1,244K).
▪ Actual 2023 IFR movements represent 90% of the actual 2019 level (1,332K).
▪ Netherlands recorded 2,834K actual en route service units in 2023, +10% compared to 2022 (2,586K).
▪ Actual 2023 service units were -8% below the plan (3,081K).
▪ Actual 2023 service units represent 84% of the actual 2019 level (3,381K).
Safety (Main ANSP)
▪ LVNL achieved its RP3 EoSM targets levels already in 2021 and maintained these levels through 2022 and 2023. Specific measures were implemented ensuring continuous safety improvements (e.g. annual update of safety manual, establishment of a risk-based safety plan, and update of safety risk target document and corresponding unit safety case).
▪ The Netherlands did not provide monitoring data for separation minima infringements in 2022. Compared with 2021, the absolute number of SMIs increased. Rate of runway incursion remained stable. LVNL recorded a marginal increase in the rate of separation minima infringements.
▪ LVNL do not use automated safety data recording systems for runway incursions.
Environment (Member State)
▪ The Netherlands achieved a KEA performance of 2.94% compared to its target of 2.62% and did not contribute positively towards achieving the Union-wide target.
▪ Both KEP and SCR values improved compared to 2022. Despite the KEA target being missed, the improvement in SCR shows that The Netherlands has improved the environmental efficiency of its airspace when accounting for impacts outside of its control.
▪ The share of CDO flights decreased from 26.13% to 25.11% in 2023.
▪ During 2023, additional time in terminal airspace decreased from 1.12 to 1.10 min/flight, while additional taxi out time increased from 2.77 to 3.13 min/flight.
▪ The NSA states that the worsening environmental performance was due to internal and external issues such as weather effects, maintenance at Schiphol airport, and re-routing around the reserved areas for the military exercises for both MUAC and LVNL.
Capacity (Member State)
▪ The Netherlands registered 0.06 minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2023, thus achieving the local target value of 0.14. Delays in the Netherlands increased by 0.03 minutes per flight year-on-year.
▪ Most of the delays accumulated between May and October, mostly due to Frisian air exercise, adverse weather conditions and ATC capacity.
▪ The share of delayed flights with delays longer than 15 minutes in the Netherlands increased by 1 percentage point compared to 2022 and was lower than 2019 values.
▪ The average number of IFR movements was 12% below 2019 levels in the Netherlands in 2023.
▪ The number of ATCOs in OPS is expected to decrease by 9% by 2024, with the actual value being below the 2023 plan in Amsterdam by 7 FTEs.
▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Amsterdam ACC was 40,028, showing a 0% change compared to 2022. Sector opening hours are 0% above 2019 levels.
▪ Amsterdam ACC registered 13.1 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2023, being 12.3% below 2019 levels.
Cost-efficiency (En route/Terminal charging zone(s))
▪ The en route 2023 actual unit cost of the Netherlands was 82.08€2017, +8.4% higher than the determined unit cost (75.73€2017). The terminal 2023 actual unit cost was 189.10€2017, -0.3% lower than the determined unit cost (189.69€2017).
▪ The en route 2023 actual service units (2.8M) were -8.0% lower than the determined service units (3.1M).
▪ In 2023, the en route actual total costs were -0.7M€2017 lower (-0.3%) than the determined costs. The reduction was mainly due to lower-than-planned staff costs (-18M€2017, or -12%). This reduction was influenced by the impact of the inflation as, in nominal terms, there was a slight increase in actual staff costs of +0.4% when compared to the determined figures. On the other hand, Netherlands registered higher actual other operating costs (+11.0M€2017, or +17%) and cost of capital (+5.9M€2017 or +621%) when compared to determined costs. The difference in cost of capital is primarily attributed to the rising interest rates (from 0.28% to 2.53%).
▪ LVNL spent 27M€2017 in 2023 related to costs of investments for both en route and terminal charging zones, which is +2.2% higher than determined.
▪ The en route actual unit cost incurred by users in 2023 was 96.69€ (+18% above the 2023 DUC), while the terminal actual unit cost incurred by users was 234.45€ (+13% above the 2023 DUC). The difference between the AUCU and the DUC for both charging zones is mainly driven by the inflation adjustment (+31M€ for the en route charging zone and +9.9M€ for the terminal charging zone).