1998 in Norway - 1998 Establishments in Norway, Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Royksopp, 1998 in Norwegian Football (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: 1998 establishments in Norway, Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Royksopp, 1998 in Norwegian football, Norway at the 1998 Winter Olympics, Gardermoen Line, Aker Stadion, Hotel Caesar, Sandefjord Fotball, 1998 Norwegian Second Division, 1998 Norwegian Third Division, Vigrid, Jaqueline, 1998 Norwegian Premier League, Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore, Flam Utvikling, Raftsund Bridge, Active 24, Kulturnett.no. Excerpt: Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (IATA: OSL, ICAO: ENGM) (Norwegian: ) is the principal airport serving Oslo, Norway. It acts as the main domestic hub and international airport for Norway, and the second-busiest airport in the Nordic countries. A hub for Scandinavian Airlines and Norwegian Air Shuttle, and a focus city for Wideroe, it is connected to 25 domestic, 27 European and 5 intercontinental destinations. More than 19 million passengers traveled through Oslo Airport in 2010, of which 8.6 million were domestic-making Gardermoen the sixth-busiest domestic airport in Europe. The airport is located at Gardermoen in Ullensaker, 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi) northeast of Oslo. The airport has two parallel roughly north-south runways 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) and 2,950 metres (9,680 ft) long, 71 aircraft stands, of which 34 have jet bridges. The airport is connected to the city center by the high-speed Gardermoen Line served by mainline trains and Flytoget. The civilian 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. Oslo is also served by the low-cost Sandefjord Airport, Torp and Moss Airport, Rygge. The area was taken into use by the Norwegian Army in 1740, with the first military airport facilities being built during the 1940s. Gardermoen remained a..