Greenville/Sinoe Airport

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Greenville/Sinoe Airport

R.E. Murray Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Greenville, Liberia
Elevation  AMSL 10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates 05°02′04″N009°04′00″W / 5.03444°N 9.06667°W / 5.03444; -9.06667
Map
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Airplane silhouette.svg
Greenville
Location of airport in the Liberia
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
01/191,4154,645Unpaved
Source: [1] [2]

Greenville/Sinoe Airport( IATA : SNI, ICAO : GLGE) is an airport serving Greenville [1] (also known as Sinoe), the capital of Sinoe County in southeastern Liberia.

It is also known as R.E. Murray Airport, [1] named for Richard E. Murray, a Baptist missionary who was a delegate from Sinoe County to the 1847 constitutional convention and a signer of the 1847 Liberian Declaration of Independence. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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References

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  2. Google Maps - Sinoe
  3. Editorial Staff. "Archives - International Mission Board" (PDF). International Mission Board. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
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  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2010-02-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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