Liberia International Mega Airport - Full Video Tour
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- čas přidán 17. 01. 2024
- Today video we will be showing you Roberts International Airport, which is Liberia biggest airport that is located near Harbel . #longestrunway #westafrica #africa.
Roberts International Airport ( informally also known as Robertsfield, is an international airport in the West African nation of Liberia. Located near the town of Harbel in Margibi County, the single runway airport is about 35 miles (56 km) outside of the nation's capital of Monrovia, and as an origin and destination point is referred to as "Monrovia". Locally, it is often referred to as simply "RIA." The airport is named in honor of Joseph Jenkins Roberts, the first President of Liberia.
The airport is the nation's busiest and most important aviation facility, currently hosting the country's only scheduled commercial airline services, with direct connections to several major cities in West Africa as well as flights to Europe on Brussels Airlines. The airport reportedly served 228,000 passengers annually in 2018 and recently underwent a major expansion, including the opening of a new passenger terminal.[4] The facility with its 11,000 feet (3,353 m) long runway was an emergency landing site for the United States' Space Shuttle program and is one of only two with paved runways in the country.[5] While Monrovia's secondary airport, Spriggs Payne, is much closer to the city center and possesses the nation's only other paved runway, it has not had scheduled commercial service since ASKY Airlines suspended service in November 2014.
In 1942, Liberia signed a Defense Pact with the United States. This commenced a period of strategic road building and other construction related to US military interests in checking the expansion of the Axis powers. The airport was originally built by the U.S. government as an Air Force base as part of these activities. The runway was built long enough for B-47 Stratojet bombers to land for refueling, giving Liberia what was for many years the longest runway in Africa.[6] U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had lunch with President Edwin J. Barclay at Roberts Field during his visit to Liberia in January 1943.
From 1943 to the end of World War II in 1945, Roberts Field Airport, as it was then known, served as an alternative base for a contingent of 26 Squadron SAAF which flew Vickers Wellington bombers on anti-submarine (U-Boat) and convoy escort patrols over the Atlantic.[7] Their main base was at Takoradi, in the Gold Coast.
Thank you for the tutor! Lovely airport ❤
Looks so good! Can’t wait to return to the motherland praying the best for Liberia 🫶🏽
The terminal is beautiful in architecture but it's very small to accommodate a lot of people at a time...the departure , the arrival area are small. The terminal is small cus Liberia dnt have a lot of flights coming into Liberia or it just a Liberian thing. If Liberia have to accommodate a lot of flights as a tourist nation she need a bigger terminal...thx for taking ur time for that beautiful showcase...
This is probably the most well detailed video of the airport, thanks for sharing LTN
Edit: that I have watched.
Thank you 🙏 for watching
God bless Liberia ❤❤❤
The airport is nice. I flew out last week. Liberia is a small country, so the airport size appropriate for the number of flights.
I don't care whatever any ungrateful Liberian says. As for me, im very grateful for the deployment going on in Liberia. Don't expect it to happen overnight. ❤❤ I just can't wait to be there 03/30/24 .❤
This is very beautiful.
It's only liberians work at the airport?
OK this is the new terminal. But the one you call the old terminal I think was the old cargo terminal. :-) just proving my age.
And I see you have big diesel generators. But why aren’t you using the old Firestone hydro dam up past Cutting tree 🌳 🌳
Thus is the gateway to the country. Honesty,efficiency and cordial gesture must replace the undisciplined behavior and bribery demanded by government and airport employees. 😮
They need to increase the airport larger than it is now.. And also modify it in another way.. make lib great and greater. 😅
The airport is terrible. It is extremely hot at times, and the workers are on an embarrassing level of begging/ extortion. Don't @me. All the workers need to be let go for being unprofessional.
I’m not impressed too local this one look like a region airport not international at all
The last time I checked it is known as international airport
Can please just appreciate Liberia we are trying. Stop bad mouthing the country.
Do you have a house builded by you? You're part of the ungrateful people who can never appreciate anything.
Well maybe international but not mega unless the definition of mega changed overnight. It’s tiny and very disorganized something must be done!! This must be the only airport in the world where hawkers are everywhere selling God knows what
🤣😂😅
Do you mean security?
People are in the baggage area who are not employees of the airport. They take your baggage through security and expect you to pay them.
I wonder how they get beyond security into the arrival areas?
@@emmanuelkpahn6293 how do they manage to do that? Where is the leadership?