Kjeller Airport

Kjeller Airport

is a military and general aviation airport located in Kjeller, Norway, near Lillestrøm. 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.

Events

"Flydagen på Kjeller"

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

Organizations operating at Kjeller

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

References

External links

* [http://www.kjellerflyplass.no/ Kjeller Aero Senter (General Aviation airport authority)]
* [http://www.stolsdokken.no/enkj.htm Unofficial weather information and webcam from the AFIS tower]


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