It is located 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi; 3.0 nmi) north northwest[1] of Rotterdam in South Holland and is the third busiest airport in the Netherlands.The airport handled over 2.1 million passengers in 2019 and features scheduled flights to European metropolitan and leisure destinations.After World War II, the Dutch government decided that a second national airport was needed in addition to Schiphol.The route with the longest continual service, to London Heathrow and operated by KLM Cityhopper, was suspended in 2008.Most flights today are operated by smaller mainline jets such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 series or the Embraer 190.