If you have booked a cheap flight to “Oslo” and your ticket says TRF, you are not landing at Gardermoen. You are landing at Torp, an airport outside Sandefjord, roughly 120 kilometres south-west of the capital.
That surprises a lot of first-time visitors. The good news is that Torp is small, calm and easy to get through, and the trip into Oslo is straightforward once you know which option fits your arrival time.
What Torp actually is
Torp Sandefjord Airport sits in Vestfold, near the town of Sandefjord. Airlines often market it as Oslo Torp, which is fair in the sense that many passengers are heading to or from the capital, but it is a separate airport with its own terminal and its own rhythm.
It is also one of the few Norwegian airports not owned by the state through Avinor. Torp is run by Sandefjord Lufthavn AS, owned by Vestfold County Council, Sandefjord municipality and a regional investment company, and it describes itself as the largest privately run airport in Norway.
That ownership detail matters more than you might think. Some services, apps and timetables you know from Gardermoen work differently here, so it pays to check Torp’s own information as well as your airline’s.
Who flies from Torp
Torp’s route map leans heavily on low-cost and leisure flying. Ryanair is the biggest name, with year-round routes to cities such as London Stansted, Milan Bergamo, Kraków, Gdańsk, Riga and Málaga, plus extra summer routes.
Wizz Air flies to destinations in Central and Eastern Europe, including Warsaw, Bucharest and Skopje. Norwegian and airBaltic add sun routes such as Gran Canaria and Alicante, and charter operators fill in more holiday flights in season.
For domestic travel, Widerøe flies from Torp to Bergen, Stavanger and Trondheim. SAS links Torp with Copenhagen, which opens up onward connections across Europe on a single ticket.
Routes change between the summer and winter seasons, so treat any list as a snapshot. If you are comparing carriers, SAS, Norwegian and Widerøe: who flies where explains how the main Norwegian airlines divide up the country.
Getting from Torp to Oslo by train
For most people, the train is the most reliable way into Oslo. Vy’s R11 regional train stops at Torp station, and a shuttle bus runs between the station and the terminal in about four minutes.
Vy puts the total trip from the terminal to Oslo Central Station at about 1 hour 45 minutes, including the shuttle. The same line continues past Oslo to Oslo Airport Gardermoen, which is handy if you are connecting between the two airports.
There is one catch that trips people up. The shuttle bus is not included in the train ticket, so you need to buy it separately. In Vy’s journey planner and app it appears as bus S174, and you can add it when you book the train.
The shuttle runs on weekdays from early morning until shortly after one in the morning, with slightly shorter hours on Saturdays and Sundays. Since spring 2026 it has been set up to meet the train departures and arrivals within those hours.
Outside those hours you need another plan. The road between the station and the terminal has no pavement and is not suitable for walking, so book a taxi instead. Vy’s app lets you book one through its partnership with Vestfold Taxi.
Vy also offers a travel guarantee for train journeys to Torp. If your train is at least 30 minutes late and you miss your flight, it can cover a new ticket, provided you chose a train that should have got you there at least 30 minutes before check-in closed.
The Torp-Ekspressen bus
The other classic option is Torp-Ekspressen, a direct coach between the airport and Oslo Bus Terminal, next to Oslo Central Station. Torp quotes about an hour and a half, and Visit Oslo puts it at roughly 1.5 to 2 hours depending on traffic.
The bus is timed to match most international flights. That makes it a good fit for late-evening low-cost arrivals, when you would rather sit down once and not think about changes.
You buy tickets through Torp-Ekspressen’s own website. Check the timetable before you fly, especially for very early or late flights, since the bus follows the flight schedule rather than a fixed clock-face pattern.
Other ways in and out
If you are heading south towards Kristiansand or west to Stavanger, look at the long-distance buses. A shuttle runs from the terminal to Fokserød by the E18, about three kilometres away, where Vybuss, NOR-WAY Bussekspress and Flixbus coaches stop.
Taxis wait right outside the main entrance. Vestfold Taxi offers a fixed minibus price between Torp and Oslo, which can make sense for a group with luggage. Several car rental companies also have desks at the airport.
Once you reach Oslo, the rest of the trip is simple. If you need to continue on to Gardermoen afterwards, our guide to Oslo Airport and the city centre covers the trains and buses between the two.
Parking at Torp
Parking at Torp uses number-plate cameras, so the clock starts and stops automatically as you drive in and out. You can pay at a machine, online within 48 hours, or through apps such as EasyPark.
There are several zones. P1 is the garage next to the terminal, P2 is a second parking house a few minutes’ walk away, and P4 and P5 are outdoor long-term areas, with P5 the cheapest. P6, on the first floor of P2, is a charging zone for electric cars with charging included in the price.
For drop-offs and pick-ups, use Kiss and Fly or the P3 short-term area, both free for the first 10 minutes. Pre-booking online usually gets you a lower price than paying on the day.
One thing for visitors driving foreign cars: Torp does not send invoices to vehicles registered outside Scandinavia, so make sure you pay by one of the other methods before you leave.
Opening hours and timing your departure
Torp is not an all-night airport. The terminal closes overnight, opening about two hours before the first departure and closing once the last arriving passengers have left, so you cannot sleep inside while waiting for an early flight.
Indicative hours are from 04:15 to midnight every day. If you have a 06:00 departure and no car, check that your train and shuttle get you there in time, or stay at a hotel nearby.
Inside, the terminal is compact and easy to find your way around. There is free Wi-Fi, ATMs and tax-free shops on both departures and arrivals, and a few places to eat. Low-cost airlines can be strict about bag drop deadlines, though, so do not cut it fine.
As a rough rule, the advice in how early to get to the airport in Norway applies here too, with a little extra margin for the train-and-shuttle connection.
Checking flights before you go
Torp publishes its own live arrivals and departures on its website. Our Norway flight board also includes Torp (TRF) in the airport list, but because Torp is not an Avinor airport, it shows domestic flights only, using Entur’s public transport data.
For international flights, rely on Torp’s own board and your airline’s app. And if your ticket says “Oslo” but you are not sure which airport, check the three-letter code: OSL is Gardermoen, TRF is Torp.
