Kjeller Airport
Kjeller in 1913 with the Air Force' 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 EUROCONTROL[1]

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 in to Kjeller for Ullevaal Hospital and Rikshospitalet; in nearby Oslo.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Flydagen på Kjeller 2 Organizations operating at Kjeller 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Events

[edit] Flydagen på Kjeller

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

[edit] Organizations operating at Kjeller

• Nedre Romerike Flyklubb
• Oslo Flyveklubb
• Kjeller Flyhistoriske Forening
• Aeromech
• HelikopterDrift
• Hovet Avionics
• Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 573 Norway

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} EAD Basic

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kjeller Airport

• Kjeller Aero Senter (General Aviation airport authority)
• Unofficial weather information and webcam from the AFIS tower

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