Spriggs Payne Airport

Spriggs Payne Airport
The exterior of the main terminal at Spriggs Payne Airport in Monrovia, Liberia, taken from the parking area. The main entrance is at the center of the photograph under the green porte-cochere. The airline ticket office is at the far right.
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesMonrovia, Liberia
Elevation AMSL25 ft / 8 m
Coordinates06°17′21″N 010°45′31″W / 6.28917°N 10.75861°W / 6.28917; -10.75861
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MLW is located in Liberia
MLW
MLW
Location in Liberia
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1]

James Spriggs Payne Airport (IATA: MLW, ICAO: GLMR) is an airport located 5 kilometres (3 mi) from downtown Monrovia, the capital of the Republic of Liberia in West Africa. The airfield is located within the busy and thickly settled Sinkor section of the city, and is therefore convenient to the business and political districts of the capital. Whereas Roberts International Airport is the primary aviation facility for the city and indeed the entire country, Spriggs-Payne has the only other paved runway in Liberia and once had the only other international commercial flights into and out of Liberia. The airport is named after James Spriggs Payne who was president of the Republic of Liberia in 1868–70 and again in 1876–78.

  1. ^ "Airport information for GLMR". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. (source: DAFIF)