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With its first aircraft landing in 1916 , Schiphol Airport started its journey as a military airport until 1920 , where the first KLM flight took place from London to Amsterdam , with a De Havilland DH-16 and Jerry Shaw as the pilot . Spanning 2,787 hectares , Schiphol has three legends relating to the origin of its name . The most popular being the location where many boats sank in the Haarlemmer Lake adopting the name ‘ Schip Holl ’ or ‘ Scheepshol ’ translated to ‘ ship grave ’. Another explanation is that the name comes from the word ‘ scheepshaal ’, a ditch used for towing ships from one lake to another . The third comes from the name ‘ scip hol ’, a low-lying patch of ground where timber used for building ships grew . JUNE 2020