Rotterdam The Hague Airport – RTM

Airports really cannot get much simpler than RTM. Sure, it’s really a regional airport, but you can still get to some major airports whilst skipping the crowds of Schipol.
Check-​in for my flight to London City was quick. Security did take a bit of time, as they seemed to be very thorough with the people in front of me. Once through security, there is not a lot of space, so don’t expect to spend too much time here.
The gate area has a shop with drinks and food. Seating throughout are chairs and sofas, rather than typical airport seating, which is very nice. Once your flight is called, you’re already at the gate for the most part, unless you need to leave Schengen, in which case there is a short, quick and friendly emigration check. There is free WiFi also.
Truly one of the best airports I have ever been to. But don’t get here too early…

Flying in from London it’s the fastest way into Holland. Too bad they only fly from London City Airport into Rotterdm but other than that it’s a great little Airport. 10 minutes after landing youre on your way!

Kleiner Flughafen mit an sich kurzen Wegen, aber völlig unbrauchbarem Service. Über 50 Minuten Wartezeit beim Check-​in/​baggage drop off für einen Linien Flug nach Wien sprechen für sich und die gänzliche Unbrauchbarkeit dieses Flughafens für Geschäftsreisende. Weitere 20 Minuten an der Sicherheitskontrolle machen 90 Minuten zum rechtzeitigen Einsteigen nötig.

Great little airport. Quick, compact, has what you need for the short wait. I have seen many little airports, but this one actually has a cozy feel to it.

A small airport that takes a lot of (but not all) of the hassle out of flying.
Upon arriving at the airport, the bus drops you off right at the terminal. Walk in, print your boarding card at a kiosk if needed and proceed to security. One thing I hardly ever do is check bags, for those of you that do, it looked like there was a relatively long line to do so.
At security, I was the only person in line and walked right up and put my bag on the belt and walked through the metal detector. I then picked up my bag and wow! I was already at the gates. There were eight in total numbered 1 – 8, no letters necessary. There is a duty free shop, a restaurant, coffee and magazine store, as well as a rooftop terrace to watch the planes come and go. There were plenty of seats for everyone including table and chairs, normal airport style waiting chairs, and comfy coffee shop type chairs upstairs. It was also quite easy to find a plug to charge my iPad and the no fuss free WiFi was easy to use and decently fast.
You can literally be anywhere in the airport up until the time they call your plane, it is that small. When your plane is called, everyone lines up, walks into the plane, and that’s it. The plane door closes, taxis to the runway right next to the terminal and takes off.
When I returned to the airport, even though the plane was parked about 50 meters from the terminal, we all had to go into a bus to be bussed from the plane to the terminal! This took an extra 20 minutes! While this does not happen to everyone, I saw some planes park just a bit closer, be prepared that it might. Once in the terminal, I literally walked through the building in under one minute and was on the bus back to Rotterdam Centraal in less than five.

Nice airport, everything what you need and quick! That’s what you want!
People are very friendly and helpful here too! Good connection to city centre and couple of taxi options too.

Lovely little airport, but currently undergoing a re-​fit so very little to do /​see or buy. No tax free shop at the moment.
Security the usual but easier than England.
As its so small, my lugagge was waiting before I had walked across the tarmac and through passport control.
On the upside, you can get a beer and there is an outside smoking area on the upper floor.
Should be better after the re-​fit.