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Roberts International Airport

1942 · 20th century · Also known as Roberts Field

Roberts International Airport, near Harbel, is Liberia's main international airport, about 50 kilometres from Monrovia. It was built by the United States in 1942 as Roberts Field, an air base on the wartime route across the South Atlantic to Africa and the Middle East, and named after Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Liberia's first president.

Roberts International Airport
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Roberts International Airport. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/roberts-international-airport
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“Roberts International Airport.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/roberts-international-airport. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Roberts International Airport.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/roberts-international-airport.
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