Oslo Airport, Gardermoen

Historie

Oslo Airport is the principal airport serving Oslo, the capital of and most populous city in Norway. Oslo is also served by the low-cost Torp and Rygge airports. Oslo Airport acts as the main domestic hub and international airport for Norway, and is the second-busiest airport in the Nordic countries. Being a hub for Scandinavian Airlines, an operating base for Norwegian Air Shuttle, and a focus city for Widerøe, it connects to 28 domestic and about 115 international destinations. More than 24,2 million passengers traveled through the airport in 2014, making Oslo Airport the seventeenth-busiest airport in Europe.
The airport is located 19 nautical miles northeast of Oslo, at Gardermoen in the municipality of Ullensaker, in Akershus county. It has two parallel roughly north–south runways measuring 3,600 metres and 2,950 metres and 71 aircraft stands, of which 34 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 ground facilities are owned by Oslo Lufthavn AS, a subsidiary of the state-owned Avinor.

"Avinor Oslo lufthavn er Norges hovedflyplass og ble åpnet 8. oktober 1998. I 2018 hadde Oslo lufthavn 28,5 millioner reisende.Norges hovedflyplass ligger på Gardermoen, 47 kilometer nord for Oslo. Flyplassen har en sterk miljøprofil og har blant annet stort fokus på kollektivtransport til og fra flyplassen. I 2017 hadde Oslo lufthavn en kollektivandel på 70 prosent, som er høyest i Europa.15 000 mennesker jobber på Oslo lufthavn for å holde flyplassen i gang 24 timer i døgnet. Disse 15 000 er fordelt på over 150 selskaper som jobber med alt fra bagasjehåndtering til flynavigasjon.Nye Oslo lufthavn sto ferdig 27. april 2017."