Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
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Oslo Airport, Gardermoen | |||
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Quick Info | |||
Type of Airport | commercial | ||
Run by | Oslo Lufthavn AS | ||
Opened | October 8 1998 | ||
City | Oslo, Norway | ||
Coordinates | Template:Coor dms | ||
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 |
Oslo Airport, Gardermoen 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 takes 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 8 October 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 also serves Oslo.
Oslo Airport has 3 Check-in Islands:
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Check-in Island 1
- Air Europa (charter)
- Arctic Air
- Braathens (scheduled and charter)
- Britannia Airways (charter)
- Coast Air
- Eurocypria Airlines (charter)
- European Executive Express
- Golden Air
- Mytravel (charter)
- Nouvelair Tunisie (charter)
- Novair (charter)
- Onur Air (charter)
- Pakistan International Airlines
- SATA International (charter)
- Scandinavian Airlines System (scheduled and charter)
- Scan Con Airways
- Shorouk Air (charter)
- Skyways
- Spanair (charter)
- Swiss International Airlines
- Widerĝe
Check-in Island 2
- Aeroflot
- Air Botnia
- Air France
- Austrian Airlines
- Braathens (scheduled)
- CSA Czech Airlines
- Icelandair
- LOT Polish
- Lufthansa
- Norwegian Air Shuttle
- Scandinavian Airlines System (scheduled)
- Sterling Airlines
Check-in Island 3
- Air Botnia
- Air Europa (charter)
- Air Lithuania
- Air Malta
- Austrian Airlines
- Braathens (scheduled)
- British Airways
- British Airways Citiexpress
- Continental Airlines
- CSA Czech Airlines
- Evergreen Airlines
- Finnair
- Hemus Air
- Icelandair
- KLM
- Mytravel (charter)
- Lufthansa
- Onur Air (charter)
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Scandinavian Airlines System (scheduled)
- Shorouk Air (charter)
- SN Brussels
Cargo Airlines
The following cargo airlines fly to Oslo Airport:
- British Airways
- Danish Air Transport
- DHL
- Guard Air
- Korean Air
- Lufthansa
- TNT Cargo
- United Parcel Service
And Pegasus Airlines provides helicopter service.
External link
- Oslo Airport (http://www.osl.no/index.asp?languagecode=9)de: Flughafen Oslo-Gardermoen