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Oslo Airport

Oslo Airport
Quick Info
Type of Airport commercial
Run by Oslo Lufthavn AS
Opened October 8 1998
City Oslo, Norway
Coordinates
IATA OSL ICAO ENGM
Runways
Direction Length Surface
(ft) (m)
01R-19L 9,678 2,950 Paved
01L-19R 11,811 3,600 Paved
Statistics
2004
Number of Passengers 14,856,460
Number of Takeoffs/Landings 197,052
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Oslo Airport is located in Gardermoen in Ullensaker, Norway, 50 km north of Oslo, and is a modern, international airport with two runways. Its IATA Airport Code is OSL. It is a hub of Braathens and a focus city for Scandinavian Airlines System (Braathens is now part of the Norwegian part of Scandinavian Airlines System, together they form SAS Braathens)

In addition to the European route E6, the connection to Oslo is via a high speed train service (Flytoget) which requires just over 20 minutes for the journey to Oslo's central station (Oslo S).

Gardermoen was adopted from a WWII airfield. Gardermoen took over as the main Oslo airport on October 8 1998, when Fornebu airport was closed. The transfer happened overnight, and was a major operation.

Approx. 13 million passengers travel through Oslo Airport annually.

Sandefjord Airport is also serving Oslo.

Oslo Airport has 3 Check-in Islands:

Contents

Check-in Island 1

Check-in Island 2

Check-in Island 3

Cargo Airlines

The following cargo airlines fly to Oslo Airport:

And Pegasus Airlines provides helicopter service.

External link

07-10-2008 09:35:13
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