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Encyclopedia > Gardermoen Airport
Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
Quick Info
Type of Airport commercial
Run by Oslo Lufthavn AS
Opened October 8, 1998
City Oslo, Norway
Coordinates 60° 12′10″N, 011° 05′02″E
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 (IATA: OSL, ICAO: ENGM) is located in Gardermoen in Ullensaker, Norway, 50 km north of Oslo, and is a modern, international airport with two runways. 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). October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ... The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the United Nations, develops the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. ... An IATA airport code, known by the IATA as an IATA location identifier or, simply, a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Ullensaker is a municipalityin the county of Akershus, Norway. ... County Oslo NO-03 Landscape Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... The airline Braathens merged with the Norwegian part of SAS to become SAS Braathens in 2004. ... SAS Airbus A340-300 SAS MD-82 SAS Boeing 737-600 Scandinavian Airlines System, now SAS AB, is an airline based in Stockholm, Sweden. ...


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). E6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway (and the west coast of Sweden), running from the southern tip of Sweden (Trelleborg), into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. ... Flytoget Flytoget is a high-speed train service operated by Flytoget AS, connecting the central station in Oslo, Norway (Oslo S) with Oslo Airport, in the suburb of Gardermoen. ...


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. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Fornebu (archaic form Fornebo) is a peninsular area in the suburban municipality of Bærum in Norway, close to the countrys capital Oslo. ...


Approx. 14 million passengers travel through Oslo Airport annually (as of 2004). 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Sandefjord Airport also serves Oslo. Sandefjord Airport Torp is located at Torp near Sandefjord. ...


Oslo Airport has 3 Check-in Islands:

Contents


Check-in Island 1

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Check-in Island 2

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Check-in Island 3

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Cargo Airlines

The following cargo airlines fly to Oslo Airport:

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External links

  • Oslo Airport

  Results from FactBites:
 
Oslo Airport Gardermoen - definition of Oslo Airport Gardermoen in Encyclopedia (152 words)
Oslo Airport is located in Gardermoen in Ullensaker, Norway, 50 km north of Oslo, and is a modern, international airport with two runways.
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 took over as the main Oslo airport on October 8 1998, when Fornebu airport was closed.
Airport Technology - Oslo, Gardermoen Airport (GEN/ENGM) Baggage Handling System, Norway (723 words)
Gardermoen Airport, near Oslo in Norway, was built in 1994 to cope with the expansion in Oslo's air traffic.
The airport is designed to have a full capacity of 17 million passengers per year, well in advance of the present usage of 12 million passengers per year.
Gardermoen Airport, near Oslo in Norway, was built in 1994 with design capacity for 17 million passengers per year.
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