Amsterdam Airport Cancels Half Its Flights Because Snow Is Still Somehow A Problem
KEY POINTS
- •Between January 2nd and 6th, over 2,500 flights were canceled at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport due to persistent snowfall.
- •On Monday, a KLM flight delayed for nearly two and a half hours before returning to the gate, reflecting the airport's tarmac chaos.
- •Inclement weather forced several inbound flights to divert to European cities such as Frankfurt, Paris, and Brussels amid systemic deicing delays.
Between January 2nd and 6th, Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport snowed under with over 2,500 flight cancellations, turning Europe's 4th-busiest airport and home to 66 million annual passengers into a frozen holding pen. KLM's heroic London-bound plane started taxiing at 9 a.m. on Monday, did two laps around the runway circuit like an overcooked carousel, then sheepishly returned to the gate after nearly two and a half hours. Meanwhile, an Emirates Airbus A380 chilled on the tarmac for three hours post-landing, only to fly back to Dubai a whopping seven hours late. The chaos was so epic that flights from South America detoured to Paris and an Indonesian flight landed in Brussels — because why not? Airport officials blamed freezing temps, maxed-out deicing stations taking 30 minutes per aircraft, and winter weather predicted to linger, ensuring more of the same mashup of delays and diversions for days.
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Welcome to Schiphol, where a snowflake gets more respect than your flight plan. De-icing queues longer than some in-flight movies—who knew ice could paralyze Europe’s 4th busiest airport?
Snow grounds 2,500 flights in Amsterdam, proving once again Europeans aren’t quite ready for actual winter weather or common sense logistics.
An Emirates A380 stayed longer on the tarmac than a Netflix binge, just to remind everyone that snow means business at Schiphol.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 1/6/2026 | Author: Pete Syme
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