Roberts International Airport
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| Roberts International Airport Roberts Field |
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| IATA: ROB – ICAO: GLRB | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Serves | Monrovia, Liberia | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 31 ft / 9 m | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 04/22 | 11,000 | 3,353 | Asphalt |
| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||
Roberts International Airport (IATA: ROB, ICAO: GLRB) is an airport in the West African nation of Liberia. Located in Robertsfield, the single runway airport is about 35 miles outside of the nation's capital of Monrovia. The facility with its 11,000 feet (3,400 m) long runway is an emergency landing site for the United States' Space Shuttle program and the only international airport in the country. The airport is named in honor of Joseph Jenkins Roberts, the first President of Liberia.
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[edit] History
In 1942 Liberia signed a Defense Pact with the United States. This commenced a period of strategic road building. Robertsfield Airport was built with runways long enough for B-47 Stratojet bombers to land for refueling, giving Liberia what was for many years the longest runway in Africa.[3] It is currently an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle.[4]
[edit] Airlines and destinations
Roberts is the only international airport in Liberia, and one of only two with paved runways in the nation.[5]
- Aero Contractors (Nigeria) (Accra, Lagos)
- Avient Aviation (Bamako)
- Bellview Airlines (Abidjan, Accra, Freetown, Lagos)
- Brussels Airlines (Brussels, Abidjan)
- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Sal) [begins June 2009][6]
- Elysian Airlines (Banjul, Conakry, Freetown)
- Kenya Airways (Accra, Nairobi)
- Slok Air International (Banjul, Dakar, Freetown, Accra)
- Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca, Freetown)
- Virgin Nigeria Airways (Lagos)
[edit] References
- ^ Airport information for GLRB at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Airport information for ROB at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- ^ "The Story of Africa - Between World Wars (1914-1945)". BBC World Service.
- ^ Space Shuttle Emergency Landing Sites
- ^ Liberian Observer (June 5, 2006). "Liberia; Over 200,000 Acquire GSM Phones", Africa News. Retrieved on 2008-10-20.
- ^ Delta Expands Africa Presence with First-Ever Flight between Atlanta and Monrovia, Liberia
[edit] External links
- Roberts International Airport at GlobalSecurity.org
- Monrovia - Roberts Field Airport - TLC Africa
- Aerial photo at WikiMapia
- Current weather for GLRB at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for ROB at Aviation Safety Network
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