Spotting Preserved Airliners at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is a busy hub at the heart of Europe.

It is the home of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and its KLM Cityhopper subsidiary. It is also a focus airport for Delta Air Lines and Transavia, and sees service from most of the world’s major air and cargo carriers.

Thankfully Schiphol has some good viewing facilities, both at its terminal and around the perimeter, where you can watch and photograph aircraft movements.

But Schiphol also has a number of preserved aircraft in and around the airport which are worth hunting out if you’re visiting.

Panorama Terrace Fokker 100

Panorama Terrace Fokker 100 PH-OFE

Taking pride of place atop the Panorama Terrace – a great place to watch the aircraft movements and spot at Schiphol – is a retired KLM Cityhopper Fokker 100. Its registration is PH-OFE.

This airliner is often open to the public to go inside, and is mounted in a good position for photographs.

The Panorama Terrace is signposted from within the terminal.

Fokker Factory F-27

PH-NIV near Amsterdam Schiphol. Photo (c) Victor

Preserved on mounts over an artificial lake on the site of the former Fokker factory at Schiphol is a F-27-100 which wears the registration PH-NIV and Fokker house livery.

It is actually a former Air France aircraft, and most recently flew as N19XE.

Nevertheless, this is a very photogenic aircraft to photograph.

It is located at Oude Meer, off Fokkerweg.

Corendon Boeing 747

Photo (c) Corendon

The Dutch and Turkish leisure airline Corendon never actually flew the Boeing 747, but a former KLM example (PH-BFB) has been preserved outside the Corendon Village Hotel in the airline’s full red-and-white livery.

The hotel is located at Schipholweg 275, 1171 PK.

Hotel Website

Learjet Playground

Learjet in Amsterdam Schiphol food court

Inside the food court in the departures area of Amsterdam Schiphol’s terminal is a former Learjet aircraft.

At first glance this appears to be nothing more than a plastic children’s play area. But the basic structure of this toy was previously a Learjet 24, with registration N555LB.

Douglas DC-9

DC-9 in Amsterdam Schiphol’s terminal

Close to the check-in areas and railway station in Amsterdam Schiphol’s terminal is a row of retail outlets and places to eat. Among them you’ll find the forward fuselage of a Douglas DC-9 airliner in modern KLM colours.

This aircraft, a DC-9-32, never actually flew for KLM. It was previously N929L and saw service with Ozark Airlines and TWA. You can usually go inside.

Map of locations of preserved airliners at Amsterdam Schiphol

Have you seen these preserved airliners in and around Schiphol? Do you know of any more to visit? Leave a comment below.