Kjeller Airport
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| Kjeller Airport | |||
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| IATA: none - ICAO: ENKJ | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Joint (Civil and Military) | ||
| Operator | Royal Norwegian Air Force, Kjeller Aero Senter | ||
| Serves | Kjeller | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 354 ft (108 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 12/30 | 4,452 | 1,357 | Asphalt |
Kjeller Airport (ICAO: ENKJ) is located in Kjeller, Norway.
Kjeller is a military airport near Lillestrøm, Norway, with facilities for carrying out maintenance for aircraft belonging to the Royal Norwegian Air Force. It is also worth mentioning that Kjeller is Norway's first airport, built in 1912. Kjeller has a small sivil part, where freetime flyers take-off and lands. The biggest plane ever landed on Kjeller is a Boeing 737 and its frequently used by C-130 Hercules transports. Cancer medicines get flown in at Kjeller for Ullevaal Hospital and Rikshospitalet. The airport is also open for general aviation, and there is a small aircraft museum. Aviation has a long history at Kjeller: In the first part of the 20th century there was a small aircraft factory building military planes.
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[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] External links
- Kjeller Aero Senter (General Aviation airport authority)
- Unofficial weather information and webcam from the AFIS tower
- World Aero Data airport information for ENKJ
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