Kjeller Airport

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Kjeller Airport
Kjeller 1913.jpeg
Kjeller in 1913 with the Norwegian Army Air Service' first aircraft, Ganger Rolf
IATA: none – ICAO: ENKJ
Summary
Airport type Public/Military
Operator Royal Norwegian Air Force, Kjeller Aero Senter
Location Kjeller, Norway
Elevation AMSL 354 ft / 108 m
Coordinates 59°58′10″N 011°02′20″E / 59.96944°N 11.03889°E / 59.96944; 11.03889 (Kjeller Airport)Coordinates: 59°58′10″N 011°02′20″E / 59.96944°N 11.03889°E / 59.96944; 11.03889 (Kjeller Airport)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 1,357 4,452 Asphalt
Source: AIP at EUROCONTROL1

Kjeller Airport (ICAO: ENKJ) is a military and general aviation airport located in Kjeller, Norway, near Lillestrøm and 9 NM (17 km; 10 mi) east northeast of Oslo.1 It has facilities for carrying out maintenance for aircraft belonging to the Royal Norwegian Air Force.

Aviation has a long history at Kjeller. Kjeller is Norway's first airport, built in 1912. In the first part of the 20th century there was a small aircraft factory building military planes. There is now a small aircraft museum.

The largest plane to have landed at Kjeller is a Boeing 737 and it is frequently used by C-130 Hercules transports. Vital medicines get flown into Kjeller for Ullevaal Hospital and Rikshospitalet; in nearby Oslo.

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Events

Flydagen på Kjeller

An annual airshow is organized at the airport, where entrance is free-of-charge.

More information, see http://www.flydagen.no

Organizations operating at Kjeller

References

  1. ^ a b EAD Basic

External links

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