RADAR-SIMEHAM – Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Amsterdam, Netherlands · 52.309°N 4.764°E · elevation -10 ft
Control the traffic at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in radar-sim, a free air traffic control simulator that runs in the browser: as tower you issue take-off and landing clearances on 04/22, 06/24, 09/27, 18C/36C, 18L/36R and 18R/36L, as approach you vector and sequence the arrivals onto the ILS. No download, no account.
Start as tower at EHAM ▶ · Start as approach at EHAM ▶ · choose traffic level and wind first
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | True heading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,020 m (6,627 ft) | 45 m | asphalt | 041° / 221° |
| 06/24 | 3,439 m (11,283 ft) | 45 m | asphalt | 058° / 238° |
| 09/27 | 3,453 m (11,329 ft) | 45 m | asphalt | 087° / 267° |
| 18C/36C | 3,300 m (10,827 ft) | 45 m | asphalt | 183° / 003° |
| 18L/36R | 3,400 m (11,155 ft) | 45 m | asphalt | 183° / 003° |
| 18R/36L | 3,800 m (12,467 ft) | 60 m | asphalt | 183° / 003° |
The airport has 6 runways. The parallel runways 18C/36C, 18L/36R and 18R/36L are far enough apart for independent parallel approaches (ICAO requires 1035 m between the centrelines): aircraft established on both finals are not subject to the radar minima against each other. 09/27 – 18L/36R cross each other: a departure on one and an arrival on short final to the other block each other. The runways in use depend on the traffic level and the wind: one (the best headwind among the longest, here 18R/36L with 3,800 m) on low, two on medium, and on high every runway with a headwind component and at most 20 kt crosswind.
Airspace
The simulated control zone is a circle of 5 NM around the field with extensions along the instrument runways, up to 2,500 ft. In approach sessions arrivals check in over an entry fix and are vectored or sent direct to the initial approach fix of the runway in use; in tower sessions a virtual approach controller does this and hands them over established on the ILS inside 10 NM.
| Approach | Initial approach fix (bearing / distance from EHAM) |
|---|---|
| RWY 04 | GOGEL (217° / 12 NM) |
| RWY 06 | TUMSE (236° / 14 NM) |
| RWY 09 | IGVAS (269° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 18C | UMVIZ (359° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 18L | SASME (005° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 18R | ZUVKI (355° / 15 NM) |
| RWY 22 | MIROZ (045° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 24 | OGODE
(060° / 12 NM) |
| RWY 27 | GIUZA (084° / 13 NM) |
| RWY 36C | DUOKI (187° / 12 NM) |
| RWY 36L | EPTAR (194° / 11 NM) |
| RWY 36R | OGBIB (181° / 13 NM) |
Entry fixes: DUREV (282° / 26 NM), DUUDE (104° / 29 NM), GOAMO (048° / 28 NM), KISAG (226° / 29 NM), OZDEG
(168° / 32 NM), RULUD (343° / 34 NM).
Nearby airports
Controlled airports within 80 NM are drawn on the scope; departures leave towards their destination's direction.
EHRDRotterdam The Hague Airport – 24 NM, bearing 210°EHLELelystad Airport – 29 NM, bearing 073°EHGRGilze Rijen Air Base – 45 NM, bearing 172°EHVKVolkel Air Base – 52 NM, bearing 138°EHWOWoensdrecht Air Base – 54 NM, bearing 197°EHEHEindhoven Airport – 56 NM, bearing 156°EDLVWeeze (Niederrhein) Airport – 66 NM, bearing 130°EHLWLeeuwarden Air Base – 66 NM, bearing 034°
…and 3 more within 80 NM.
Other airports: all 20 airports in radar-sim · how to play and the command reference.