Oslo Airport, Fornebu (
IATA: FBU,
ICAO: ENFB) (
Norwegian: Oslo lufthavn, Fornebu) was the main airport serving
Oslo and
Eastern Norway from 1 June 1939 to 7 October 1998. It was then replaced by
Oslo Airport, Gardermoen and the area has since been redeveloped. The airport was located at
Fornebu in
Bærum, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the city center. Fornebu had two runways, one 2,370-metre (7,780 ft) 06/24 and one 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) 01/19, and a capacity of 20 aircraft. In 1996, the airport had 170,823 aircraft movement and 10,072,054 passengers. The airport served as a
hub for
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS),
Braathens SAFE and
Widerøe. In 1996, they and 21 other airlines served 28 international destinations. Due to limited terminal and runway capacity, intercontinental and charter airlines used Gardermoen. The
Royal Norwegian Air Force retained offices at Fornebu. The airport opened as a combined sea and land airport, serving both domestic and international destinations. It replaced the land airport at
Kjeller and the sea airport at
Gressholmen. In 1940, it was taken over by the German
Luftwaffe, but civilian air services began again in 1946 and it was then taken over by the
Norwegian Civil Airport Administration. The airport at first had three runways, each at 800 metres (2,600 ft), but these were gradually expanded, first the north–south runway and finally the east–west one to the current length in 1962. The same year the terminal moved south to the final location. A large-scale expansion to the terminal was made during the 1980s. (
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