Oslo Airport, Gardermoen

"Gardermoen" and "Oslo Airport" redirect here. For other uses, see Gardermoen (disambiguation) and Oslo Airport (disambiguation).

Oslo Airport

Oslo lufthavn
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
OwnerMinistry of Transport
OperatorAvinor
ServesGreater Oslo Region
LocationGardermoen, Norway
Opened8 October 1998; 26 years ago (1998-10-08)
Hub forScandinavian Airlines
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL208 m / 681 ft
Coordinates60°12′10″N 011°05′02″E / 60.20278°N 11.08389°E / 60.20278; 11.08389
Websitewww.avinor.no/en/airport/oslo-airport
Maps
Airport Map
Airport Map
OSL/ENGM is located in Akershus
OSL/ENGM
OSL/ENGM
Location in Akershus county
Location of Akershus in Norway
OSL/ENGM is located in Norway
OSL/ENGM
OSL/ENGM
OSL/ENGM (Norway)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01L/19R 3,600 11,811 Asphalt/concrete
01R/19L 2,950 9,678 Asphalt/concrete
Statistics (2020)
Passengers9,021,729
International3,745,385
Domestic5,269,549
Aircraft movements125,428
Cargo (t)181,265
Source:[1][2]

Oslo Airport (Norwegian: Oslo lufthavn) (IATA: OSL, ICAO: ENGM), alternatively referred to as Oslo Gardermoen Airport or simply Gardermoen, is an international airport serving Oslo, the capital and most populous city of Norway. A hub for Scandinavian Airlines and an operating base for Norwegian Air Shuttle and Widerøe, in 2011, it connected to 26 domestic and 158 international destinations.[3]

The airport is located 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi) northeast of Oslo, at Gardermoen at the border of municipalities Nannestad and Ullensaker, in Akershus county.[4] It has two parallel roughly north–south runways measuring 3,600 metres (11,811 ft) and 2,950 metres (9,678 ft) and 71 aircraft stands, of which 50 have jet bridges. The airport is connected to the city center by the high-speed railway Gardermoen Line served by mainline trains and Flytoget. The percentage of passengers using public transport to get to and from the airport is one of the highest in the world at nearly 70%.[5] The ground facilities are owned by Oslo Lufthavn AS, a subsidiary of the state-owned Avinor. Also at the premises is Gardermoen Air Station, operated by the Royal Norwegian Air Force. An expansion with a new terminal building and a third pier opened in late April 2017.[6][7]

The airport location was first used by the Norwegian Army from 1940, with the first military airport facilities being built during the 1940s. The airport remained a secondary reserve and airport for chartered flights to Oslo Airport, Fornebu, until 8 October 1998, when the latter was closed, and an all-new Oslo Airport opened at Gardermoen, costing 11.4 billion Norwegian kroner (NOK).

Oslo is additionally served by the much smaller Sandefjord Airport, Torp, in Sandefjord, which is situated 119 km (74 mi) to the south of downtown Oslo and primarily used by leisure and low-cost carriers.

  1. ^ "Traffic Statistics – Avinor". Avinor.no. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Flytrafikkstatistikk desember" (in Norwegian). Avinor. January 2013. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Flight timetables". Oslo Lufthavn. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  4. ^ "ENGM – Oslo" (PDF). AIP Norge/Norway. Avinor. 31 May 2012. AD 2 ENGM. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  5. ^ Avinor. "Rekordhøy kollektivandel i tilbringertransporten til Oslo Lufthavn" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Om prosjektet (Norwegian)". Oslo Lufthavn. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  7. ^ Ros, Miquel (14 July 2017). "Why is Oslo Airport called the world's greenest?". CNN. Retrieved 21 December 2022.