Schiphol connection time

Normally that would be plenty of time. (You will go through immigration; "customs" is probably a 10 second walk past the customs agent exiting baggage claim, unless you have something to declare upon entering the Schengen area in Europe; most tourists don't.) I haven't been through Schiphol this year, but I hear the summer crowds and lines have dissipated a lot. No one can say for sure how things will be in February. If I were guessing, I'd guess that 3:20 is plenty of time though.

It's still a good idea to have a backup plan (what if your inbound flight from MSP is 3 hours late?). Is there another flight to Florence after your scheduled flight that you'd probably get put on if you miss your original flight? Doesn't hurt to check now and see what other flights you'd have a shot at getting on to get to Florence the same day just later.

I've just been through Schiphol at both ends of a trip. I did not have connections on the same day, but it was still not a great experience. You will need to go through immigration, customs is a nothing. If you are checking luggage and your connecting flight is not on the same ticket you will have to recheck it.

All flights at Schiphol seem to require a shuttle to/from the far reaches of the airport, and stairs to/from the plane itself. Signs inside the airport, even with english signs, are confusing, and help is hard to find.

Maybe things will be easier in February will less travellers.

I have traveled through other European airports with no issues, I will avoid Schiphol in the future.

You will have plenty of time to make your connection. Assuming you booked this on 1 ticket, all you have to do is walk to the next gate. When you do that, you will automatically bump into the passport control to enter the Schengen zone. That’s it, no security check and no shuttle.

All flights at Schiphol seem to require a shuttle to/from the far reaches of the airport, and stairs to/from the plane itself.

This does not sound like Schiphol, you must have the wrong airport.

Susan: You will be at your gate about 30 minutes after deplaning. I would actually postpone the trip thru immigration since the better shopping and eating will not be accessible after that. You will have hours of just sitting if you proceed immediately to the gate..

I've been connected through Schiphol a bunch of times. I've had some long walks between gates but never needed a shuttle. (CDG and LHR - different story. A recent connection at LHR from terminal 3 to 5 required a bus that seemed to travel MILES in between! I was probably tired and impatient so likely it wasn't nearly that far but seemed that way!)

The shuttle is from the gate to the plane, and there were dozens of planes at the outlying place where both our planes were.

Maybe the shuttles are a new innovation at Schiphol due to the recent delays to speed up connections. It's a big airport and it can take a long time to walk between gates. I walk quickly even with my carry-on bags dragging behind me, but I'd guess many people walk a lot more slowly than I do.

The shuttles are NOT between gates!

The shuttle is from the gate to the plane

Delta or KLM transatlantic jets are not going to park at a remote stand. Susan, you will get one of the close gates to the terminal.

“The shuttle is from the gate to the plane, and there were dozens of planes at the outlying place where both our planes were.”

This is only the case if you fly with a low cost carrier like Ryanair or EasyJet or on certain KLM Cityhopper flights. Intercontinental flights arrive at a gate with an airbridge connecting the plane to the terminal building.

My American Airlines flight to Philadelphia yesterday left from a remote site at Amsterdam Airport, reached by a shuttle and stairs to the plane. Not a problem, but unusual in my experience w.ith European airports. Sheesh.

It’s very unusual for an intercontinental flight at Schiphol to depart from a remote stand. Very very very unusual. And it certainly doesn’t mean that all flights at Schiphol require a shuttle to/from the far reaches of the airport.

Thanks for all the great info! My flight from AMS to FLR is a KLM City Hopper. I am also glad to hear that there will be a jet bridge on arrival in AMS. I was last there in early 2020 and there were jet bridges then.

My transcontinental flight from SLC 2 weeks ago arrived at a remote gate and we had to bus to the end of D terminal. My connecting flight to Krakow also left from a remote gate and we had to bus from the terminal gate out to the plane. We ended up being an hour delayed because the buses kept having to stop for other planes. Upon arrival at Schiphol, we had about 2 hours to make our transfer and it took about an hour and a half to get from the arrival gate through everything and down to the departure gate. While we made the short connection our luggage did not. Happily it was delivered to the hotel in Krakow the next morning. We flew back into Schiphol the night before our transcontinental flight back home and the amount of unclaimed luggage sitting in the baggage claim areas and the hallway between the baggage claims was crazy. If you’re checking luggage and have a short connection be prepared for it not to make the connection.