Oslo Airport Gardermoen

Oslo lufthavn, Gardermoen ; Gardermoen flystasjon
Characteristics
ICAO code	ENGM
IATA code	OSL
Coordinates	60 ° 11 '38 " N , 11 ° 6' 1" E Coordinates: 60 ° 11 '38 " N , 11 ° 6' 1" E
Height above MSL	208 m (682 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	50 km north of Oslo
Street
train	Cloakroom
Local transport	bus
Basic data
opening	1912
operator	Oslo Lufthavn AS ; Luftforsvaret
Terminals	1
Passengers	28,518,586 (2018)
Air freight	176,995 t (2018)
Flight ; movements	249,290 (2018)
Employees	13,000
Runways
01L / 19R	3600 m × 45 m asphalt
01R / 19L	2950 m × 45 m asphalt

terminal

The Oslo Airport ( Norwegian Oslo lufthavn ) is the international airport of the city of Oslo . It is used civilly, but also militarily. The Royal Norwegian Air Force use it under the name Gardermoen flystasjon u. a. as a base for transport aircraft.

The airport was called Oslo-Gardermoen until June 2013, but was then officially renamed Oslo Lufthavn (Oslo Airport). With over 28.5 million passengers in 2018, it is the country's most important and largest airport and serves as a hub for the airlines SAS Scandinavian Airlines , Norwegian Air Shuttle and Widerøe .

From Oslo about 120 km, there is also the smaller airport Torp , mainly of low cost airlines is used.

Location and transport links

The airport is located in the municipality of Ullensaker in the province of Viken , 50 km north of the Norwegian capital Oslo . He is on the Gardermobanen connected to Oslo on which the railway company flytoget the marketing of high-speed trains running, linking the airport in 19 minutes by the city.

There is also a connection with the Norges Statsbaner regional train , which takes a few minutes more to get to Oslo.

Europastraße 16 (direct connection) and Europastraße 6 run in the immediate vicinity of the airport ; The city center of Oslo can be reached in around 25 minutes via the latter, which is expanded like a motorway towards Oslo.

history

In the area of today's airport there was originally an army parade ground . An airplane landed there for the first time in 1912. During the Second World War, the German Wehrmacht expanded the airport into a military airfield with a hangar and two runways. Between July and October 1944, the staff and the II. Group of Kampfgeschwader 40 (S./KG 40, II./KG 40) with Fw 200C and He 177 were located here . Then the place was until January 1945 "Heimathorst" of the 11th Squadron of Destroyer Squadron 26 (11th / ZG 26) equipped with Ju 88C and Me 410A .

Gardermoen remained an important military airfield in Norway after the end of the war . The Norwegian Air Force stationed a number of different squadrons here during the first post-war years and especially after the beginning of the Cold War . These included the Spitfire Mk.IXE of the 331st Skvadron , which initially belonged to the British Royal Air Force until the end of November . She stayed here until 1949. During the same period, the Mosquito Mk.VI of the 334th Skvadron lay parallel here , but this squadron was temporarily deactivated in 1947/48.

After moving these squadrons to other places, the era began as a jet fighter base , which would last until 1964. In the first few years until 1953 there was initially one and then two fighter-bomber squadrons equipped with Vampire FB.52 , the 336th and 337th Skvadron . In 1953 the era of American fighters began in Gardermoen. The F-84G flew with up to three different squadrons, the 332nd , 330th and 336th Skvadron . In 1955, 1956 and 1958, however, these were deactivated again. The 337th Skvadron returned to Gardermoen in September 1955 and flew the F-86K for eight years, and with the 339th Skvadron , another F-86 unit lay here between 1956 and 1964. Between 1949 and 1961 the station was also the home base of a reconnaissance squadron, the 717th Skvadron , which used the Spitfire PR.XI until 1954 and then the RF-84F.

Parallel to the various combat aircraft squadrons, the “Flugstation Gardermoen” has been the base for the transport aircraft of the 335th Skvadron since 1946 . This was initially equipped with Lodestar and C-47 , the former were decommissioned in 1950 while the latter flew until 1974. Between 1955 and 1965, the unit flew as the second type of aircraft, the C-119G and from 1969 the C-130H , which was in service until May 2008. In addition, there was a "B" swarm between 1972 and 1995, which was equipped with smaller liaison planes and VIP planes. From 1967, the second squadron was the 720th Skvadron , which was equipped with helicopters and liaison aircraft. The squadron was decommissioned in 2002, but the helicopters were decommissioned in 1976.

Since the early 1990s, the former Oslo-Fornebu airport has been unable to cope with the volume of air traffic, which is why Gardermoen has been expanded to include a civil handling area. The civil airport opened on October 8, 1998. Today it is one of the most modern airports in Europe. In 2007 a so-called "customs clearance machine" was introduced, with which passengers can declare their imported goods themselves. This technology is so far unique in the world.

Military use

The Gardermoen flystasjon is currently (2013) used by a flying squadron of the 135th squadron:

335. Skvadron , equipped with Lockheed C-130 J-30, the squadron has operated the “Super Hercules” since 2008

The base is also home to non-flying Luftforsvaret formations , which serve in particular for logistics.

Civil use

Inside view of the terminal

Terminal building

The airport has a 144,000 m² terminal with 64 check-in desks and 62 gates , 31 of which are equipped with passenger boarding bridges . There are also the usual service and retail facilities as well as several airport lounges .

Airlines and Destinations

Oslo-Gardermoen has regular connections to numerous regional and European destinations. Long-haul connections currently exist to Asia, North Africa and the USA.

In German-speaking countries is Oslo directly by Lufthansa to Frankfurt and Munich , with German Wings with Hamburg by Norwegian Air Shuttle to Berlin-Schönefeld , Hamburg , Munich , Salzburg and Vienna , by EasyJet with Berlin-Tegel , by SAS Scandinavian Airlines to Berlin Tegel , Frankfurt am Main , Düsseldorf , Hamburg and Zurich , connected to Vienna by Austrian and also to Zurich by Swiss .

Awards

Oslo-Gardermoen has so far been recognized four times by the Association of European Airlines as the most punctual airport in Europe. The airport tower was awarded the Norwegian architecture prize Betongtavlen in 1997 .

Traffic figures

Source: Avinor

Traffic figures for Oslo-Gardermoen Airport 1999–2017
year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons ) (with airmail )	Aircraft movements (with military)
2017	27,482,486	-	253,541
2016	25,787,691	-	247,560
2015	24,678,188	-	242,445
2014	24.269.235	129,429	248,550
2013	22,956,544	100,000	243.092
2012	22,080,496	105.205	236.925
2011	21,103,623	97,874	230,422
2010	19.091.036	85,738	219.352
2009	18,087,722	77,594	217.770
2008	19,344,459	89,770	237,958
2007	19,043,800	93,360	230.984
2006	17,672,256	90.136	217,863
2005	15,895,722	84.272	202.713
2004	14,865,460	80,571	197.054
2003	13,646,890	-	185.009
2002	13,411,584	69,239	180,872
2001	13,961,696	71,994	197,498
2000	14,231,482	80,674	204.275
1999	14,121,154	83,731	220,635

Incidents

On August 7, 1946 one flew Douglas DC-3 of the British European Airways ( air vehicle registration G-AHCs ) at low clouds during the approach to the eastern flank of the Mistberget, 19 km north of the airport. All eleven passengers survived; three of the five crew members died.

Others

The SAS Museum ( SAS Museet ) is located on the west side of the airport .

Web links

Commons : Oslo-Gardermoen Airport - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Oslo Airport Gardermoen - Travel Guide

Official website of Oslo-Gardermoen Airport (Norwegian, English)
airliners.net - aerial view of the terminal building
Gardermoen Air Base website in Norwegian

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Statistics. Avinor.no , accessed March 7, 2019 (Norwegian).
↑ ^a ^b ^c osl.no - About Us (English) accessed on April 2, 2011.
↑ Flights to Oslo (Norway). (No longer available online.) Fluege.com, archived from the original on October 28, 2012 ; Retrieved June 19, 2012 .
↑ Flight to Oslo. expedia.de, accessed on June 19, 2012 .
↑ Google Flights. Retrieved July 3, 2018 (de-US).
↑ Norske arkitekters landsforbund: Betongtavlen ( Memento from February 3, 2011 on WebCite ), accessed on September 22, 2011 (Norwegian)
↑ Accident report DC-3 G-AHCS , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 2, 2019.
^ SAS Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2020 (English).

[statistics-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Statistics. Avinor.no , accessed March 7, 2019 (Norwegian).

[aboutus-2] sl.no - About Us (English) accessed on April 2, 2011.

[fluegecom-oslo-3] Flights to Oslo (Norway). (No longer available online.) Fluege.com, archived from the original on October 28, 2012 ; Retrieved June 19, 2012 .

[expedia-oslo-4] Flight to Oslo. expedia.de, accessed on June 19, 2012 .

[5] Google Flights. Retrieved July 3, 2018 (de-US).

[Norske_arkitekters_landsforbund-6] Norske arkitekters landsforbund: Betongtavlen ( Memento from February 3, 2011 on WebCite ), accessed on September 22, 2011 (Norwegian)

[7] Accident report DC-3 G-AHCS , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 2, 2019.

[8] SAS Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2020 (English).