Quirky Oslo Airport Statistics

-Nearly 70% of passengers to and from Oslo Airport use public transport, one of the highest airport transit rates globally—a true leader in sustainability and low-carbon travel!

-OSL is connected to 164 international and 31 domestic destinations in 2025, making it one of the most internationally connected airports in Scandinavia.

-Oslo’s busiest domestic route is to Trondheim, with over 2 million passengers each year—essentially, the population of cities like Paris or Houston flying between the two annually!.

-The airport boasts two parallel runways: one is 3,600 meters, long enough to land the world’s largest airplanes and nearly as long as 34 football fields put end to end!.

-Aircraft spotters at Oslo get plenty of action, as OSL regularly accommodates over 217,000 aircraft movements annually—that’s nearly 600 flights taking off or landing every day!.

-Despite being one of Northern Europe’s largest cargo hubs (over 170,000 tons shipped yearly), OSL is also Norway’s largest seller of “brown cheese” in its duty-free shops—one of Norway’s tastiest exports.

-The airport is located about 19 nautical miles (35 km) from downtown Oslo, close enough that the high-speed train will deliver travelers to the city center in under 20 minutes—faster than a typical coffee break!

-The entire airport terminal is so modular that it comprises more than 71 aircraft stands, and 50 have jet bridges—it’s as if OSL can host a small fleet of airplanes just hanging out at any given moment.

-If all passengers handled in 2024 (over 26 million) held hands and stretched out, they could form a human chain from Oslo to Tokyo—more than 8,000 km away (assuming a 0.8-meter reach per person).

-Oslo Airport’s lounge scene is impressive, featuring six different lounges for domestic and international travelers—a true heaven for snackers and people-watchers.

-OSL once experienced a record-shattering summer travel day, with more than 180,000 people passing through in less than 24 hours—about four times the population of Tromsø in a single swoop