The main international airport is Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. It is also the principal international airport for Norway as a whole with flights to the rest of Europe as well as other continents including the Americas and Asia. Originally built as a military airfield, Gardermoen became a commercial airport in 1998.

Gardermoen is also a hub of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Norwegian Air Shuttle and Widerøe (the largest regional carrier in the Nordic countries) and it welcomed 19 million passengers in 2007, an increase of more than a million on the previous year.

Another airport which is primarily used by lower cost carriers but which serves Oslo is Sandefjord Airport, Torp and this was joined last year by Moss Airport, Rygge. Oslo can also be found on many cruise itineraries especially in the summer and there are daily ferries from Kiel, Copenhagen and Frederikshavn.

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