Hønefoss Airport, Eggemoen

The airport is owned by Tronrud Engineering and is part of Eggemoen Aviation & Technology Park.

Eggemoen's largest task was as a central facility after the war for disposal and reuse of German aircraft.

It was proposed used as the main general aviation airport for Eastern Norway, but a municipal referendum canceled the plans.

In addition to what would become Haslemoen Airport, it considered three sites in Ringerike: Hensmoen, Marigårdsmoen and Veme.

Under the command of Erwin Keller, further construction was carried out by a combination of Organisation Todt, prisoners of war and Norwegian contractors.

It operated twelve Junkers Ju 52 transporters and remained at Eggemoen until the end of the war on 8 May 1945.

This happened only once, in late 1944, when ninety Junkers Ju 87 Stukas refueled at Eggemoen.

During early 1945 the Wehrmacht designated Eggemoen as a site to fly out senior officials should Germany surrender.

[13] A 1988 commission considered Eggemoen as a potential site for a new main air station for fighter aircraft in Eastern Norway.

Although it had sufficient area for construction, an air station would have to be built on both sides of the Randsfjorden Line.

[14] Due to its proximity to Oslo, 44 kilometers (27 mi) north-northeast of the capital, Eggemoen was considered as a possible location of a new airport.

[15] A 1970 commission evaluated Eggemoen and found that it had insufficient area for Norway's main airport and that it had too many hills around it to meet runway safety standards.

[16] Eggemoen was the most expensive of the seven alternatives,[17] in part caused by the high investments needed to ground transport.

[20] The airport was found to be advantageous in terms of air corridors,[21] and low impact of noise pollution.

[23] he airport was shrunk by placing an asphalt airfield measuring 800 by 20 meters (2,625 by 66 ft) on the northern part of the concrete runway.

[25] Within two years Eggemoen was proposed as the main general aviation airport for Eastern Norway.

A unanimous Jevnaker Municipal Council opposed the plans, as they would receive most of the noise pollution.

[30] The airfield is part of Eggemoen Aviation & Technology Park, which is owned by Tronrud Engineering.