KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL)
An at-a-glance profile of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the active carrier registered in Netherlands under IATA code KL. Includes its callsign, ICAO identifier, and a sample of routes filed under this code.
Carrier facts
- Legal/common name: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Country of registration: Netherlands
- ATC callsign: KLM
- ICAO code: KLM
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is one of 983 active airlines indexed in this directory. The route sample below comes straight from the OpenFlights routes table. Treat it as a snapshot rather than a complete schedule. It still gives a clear picture of where the carrier flies and which airports it concentrates on.
Route sample
Up to 60 routes filed under KL. Each row links to both endpoints' airport pages and to a dedicated route page.
| From | To | Route | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAL | Aalborg, Denmark | AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | AAL→AMS |
| ABE | Allentown, United States | ATL | Atlanta, United States | ABE→ATL |
| ABQ | Albuquerque, United States | ATL | Atlanta, United States | ABQ→ATL |
| ABV | Abuja, Nigeria | CDG | Paris, France | ABV→CDG |
| ABV | Abuja, Nigeria | PHC | Port Hartcourt, Nigeria | ABV→PHC |
| ABY | Albany, United States | ATL | Atlanta, United States | ABY→ATL |
| ABZ | Aberdeen, United Kingdom | AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ABZ→AMS |
| ACC | Accra, Ghana | AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ACC→AMS |
| ADD | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | JIB | Djibouti, Djibouti | ADD→JIB |
| ADD | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | NBO | Nairobi, Kenya | ADD→NBO |
| AES | Alesund, Norway | AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | AES→AMS |
| AEX | Alexandria, United States | ATL | Atlanta, United States | AEX→ATL |
| AGS | Bush Field, United States | ATL | Atlanta, United States | AGS→ATL |
| AKU | Aksu, China | URC | Urumqi, China | AKU→URC |
| ALA | Alma-ata, Kazakhstan | AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ALA→AMS |
| ALB | Albany, United States | ATL | Atlanta, United States | ALB→ATL |
| ALG | Algier, Algeria | CDG | Paris, France | ALG→CDG |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | AAL | Aalborg, Denmark | AMS→AAL |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ABZ | Aberdeen, United Kingdom | AMS→ABZ |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ACC | Accra, Ghana | AMS→ACC |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | AES | Alesund, Norway | AMS→AES |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ALA | Alma-ata, Kazakhstan | AMS→ALA |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ARN | Stockholm, Sweden | AMS→ARN |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ATH | Athens, Greece | AMS→ATH |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ATL | Atlanta, United States | AMS→ATL |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | AUA | Oranjestad, Aruba | AMS→AUA |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | AUH | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | AMS→AUH |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | BCN | Barcelona, Spain | AMS→BCN |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | BGO | Bergen, Norway | AMS→BGO |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | BHX | Birmingham, United Kingdom | AMS→BHX |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | BKK | Bangkok, Thailand | AMS→BKK |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | BLL | Billund, Denmark | AMS→BLL |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | BLQ | Bologna, Italy | AMS→BLQ |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | BOD | Bordeaux, France | AMS→BOD |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | BOM | Mumbai, India | AMS→BOM |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | BOS | Boston, United States | AMS→BOS |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | BRE | Bremen, Germany | AMS→BRE |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | BRS | Bristol, United Kingdom | AMS→BRS |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | BRU | Brussels, Belgium | AMS→BRU |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | BSL | Mulhouse, France | AMS→BSL |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | BUD | Budapest, Hungary | AMS→BUD |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | CAI | Cairo, Egypt | AMS→CAI |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | CAN | Guangzhou, China | AMS→CAN |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | CDG | Paris, France | AMS→CDG |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | CFE | Clermont-Ferrand, France | AMS→CFE |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | CGN | Cologne, Germany | AMS→CGN |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | CPH | Copenhagen, Denmark | AMS→CPH |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | CPT | Cape Town, South Africa | AMS→CPT |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | CTU | Chengdu, China | AMS→CTU |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | CUR | Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles | AMS→CUR |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | CWL | Cardiff, United Kingdom | AMS→CWL |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | DEL | Delhi, India | AMS→DEL |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | DFW | Dallas-Fort Worth, United States | AMS→DFW |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | DMM | Dammam, Saudi Arabia | AMS→DMM |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | DOH | Doha, Qatar | AMS→DOH |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | DTW | Detroit, United States | AMS→DTW |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | DUS | Duesseldorf, Germany | AMS→DUS |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | DXB | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | AMS→DXB |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | EDI | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | AMS→EDI |
| AMS | Amsterdam, Netherlands | EWR | Newark, United States | AMS→EWR |
Top destinations in the sample
| IATA | Airport | City | Country | Sample frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport | Atlanta | United States | 7 |
| AMS | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 5 |
| CDG | Charles de Gaulle International Airport | Paris | France | 3 |
| PHC | Port Harcourt International Airport | Port Hartcourt | Nigeria | 1 |
| JIB | Djibouti-Ambouli Airport | Djibouti | Djibouti | 1 |
| NBO | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | Nairobi | Kenya | 1 |
| URC | Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport | Urumqi | China | 1 |
| AAL | Aalborg Airport | Aalborg | Denmark | 1 |
| ABZ | Aberdeen Dyce Airport | Aberdeen | United Kingdom | 1 |
| ACC | Kotoka International Airport | Accra | Ghana | 1 |
| AES | Ålesund Airport | Alesund | Norway | 1 |
| ALA | Almaty Airport | Alma-ata | Kazakhstan | 1 |
| ARN | Stockholm-Arlanda Airport | Stockholm | Sweden | 1 |
| ATH | Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport | Athens | Greece | 1 |
| AUA | Queen Beatrix International Airport | Oranjestad | Aruba | 1 |
| AUH | Abu Dhabi International Airport | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| BCN | Barcelona International Airport | Barcelona | Spain | 1 |
| BGO | Bergen Airport Flesland | Bergen | Norway | 1 |
| BHX | Birmingham International Airport | Birmingham | United Kingdom | 1 |
| BKK | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok | Thailand | 1 |
| BLL | Billund Airport | Billund | Denmark | 1 |
| BLQ | Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport | Bologna | Italy | 1 |
| BOD | Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport | Bordeaux | France | 1 |
| BOM | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport | Mumbai | India | 1 |
| BOS | General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport | Boston | United States | 1 |
Reading an airline page
An airline's IATA code is the two-character identifier you see on tickets and flight numbers. The ICAO code is the three-letter identifier used in air traffic control and on flight plans. The callsign is the spoken name controllers use on the radio. Together they uniquely fingerprint the carrier across regulatory and operational systems, which is handy when you have a flight number from one source and want to confirm the operator from another.
Route samples here come from a community-maintained snapshot. They aren't a substitute for the airline's official schedule, but they reflect which markets the carrier has historically flown. They're also a fast way to spot a carrier's hubs, since hub airports turn up at the top of both the destination and origin lists.