Sunday proved to be a great day to be out shooting. As we were still in the car we were treated to blue skies. The decision was quickly made to try and get some approach shots... although different than normal. With snow on the ground it was possible to get some great shots with the approach lights and the aircraft (as seen above) in the frame. The runway use was switched pretty soon leaving us with just a few of these photos.

The rest of the day was spent alongside the landing runway with a few departures in between. Later in the afternoon we had some amazing light in addition to the snow on the ground. That combination resulted in perfectly lit aircraft with a beautiful dark sky in the background. Add in some of the terrific Norwegian landscape and it sure was one of the best locations ever. After the sun disappeared behind the clouds for the last time we decided to call it a day and spend the evening relaxing at home.

On the last day of my visit we headed of to the airport one final time, but not before we took some terminal shots at Moss Rygge, a recently opened airport after years of just military service. When we arrived at Gardermoen we decided to visit the hill one last time which turned out to be a great idea as we got some more of the same light we had the day before.

The return flight with a KLM 737-900 was uneventful. Oslo doesn't stand out in traffic levels or diversity but is a great airport to shoot at and I will be back for sure!

The Friday of departure quickly came and was the first highlight of the trip. KLM Cityhopper had capacity restrictions with their Fokker fleet for most of the week and that lead to Transavia operating some flights for them. Sure enough, the mid-day departure on Friday was operated by PH-XRE, a 737-700. As it would be my first flight with both Transavia and a 737-700 it was quickly decided this would be my flight.

After arrival in an overcast Oslo I met up with Jørgen and we waited for the sun to set in order for some nightshots. After a few hours of shooting on the international side of the terminal we decided to call it a day as we still had a 2 hour bus ride ahead of us.

The next day started off with another 2 hour bus ride to the airport but we quickly decided that renting a (small) car would be the best option to get around the airport. After driving over a road totally covered with ice we got to the first spot, a hill overlooking the touchdown point of one of the 2 runways. It remained cloudy for most of the day and we spend some of our time finding all the spots and seeing if they were accessible (due to the snow).

The highlight of the day arrived around one in the afternoon in the form of a SilkWay IL-76TD operating (presumably) for the Norwegian Air Force. Once again we waited around in the terminal until it got dark to get some more nightshots. Luck was with us that day as a Finnair ERJ-170 was parked on one of the remote locations and gave us some nice opportunities to shoot. After a 1,5hr ride 'home' it was once again called a day as we wanted to be at the airport again around sunrise.