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Encyclopedia > Gardermoen

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


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
1 Check-in Island 1
2 Check-in Island 2
3 Check-in Island 3
4 Cargo Airlines
5 External link

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

  • Oslo Airport (http://www.osl.no/english/)

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Oslo Airport, Gardermoen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1099 words)
Charter flights were operated from 1972 at Gardermoen instead of Fornebu due to a lack of slots at Fornebu, while intercontinental flights had to be operated from Gardermoen because the runway at Fornebu was too short.
Gardermoen took over as the main Oslo airport on 8 October 1998, when Fornebu Airport was closed.
After the opening of Gardermoen, the access of slots at the airport and the arrival of a new low-cost carrier Color Air resulted in a major price war among the airlines, ending in 1999 when Color Air went bankrupt.
Gardermoen Air Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (248 words)
In addition the airfield is designed to handle the complex logistics of the air force, and is one of the most advanced C-130 installations in Europe.
The Air Force is considering moving its operations at Gardermoen to Rygge Air Station.
On October 8, 1998 the main airport serving Oslo was moved from Fornebu to Gardermoen.
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