Merle K. (Mudhole) Smith Airport

IATA: CDV
ICAO: PACV
FAA LID: CDV

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner

State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region

Serves

Cordova, Alaska

Elevation AMSL

54 ft / 16 m

Coordinates

60°29′30″N 145°28′39″W / 60.49167°N 145.47750°WCoordinates: 60°29′30″N 145°28′39″W / 60.49167°N 145.47750°W

Map

CDV

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9/27	7,500	2,286	Asphalt
16/34	1,899	579	Gravel

Statistics (2011)

Aircraft operations	14,040
Based aircraft	30

Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Aircraft operations	14,040
Based aircraft	30

Merle K. (Mudhole) Smith Airport (IATA: CDV, ICAO: PACV, FAA LID: CDV) is a state owned, public use airport located 11 nautical miles (13 mi, 20 km) southeast of the central business district of Cordova, a city in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska which has no road access to the outside world. Airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 16,640 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 15,372 enplanements in 2009, and 17,856 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015-2019, which categorized it as a primary commercial service (nonhub) airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year) based on 16,061 enplanements in 2012. The airport is named after Merle K. Smith, also known as "Mudhole", a pilot who in 1939 became president of Cordova Airlines, which used the airport as a hub between 1934 and 1968. Cordova Airlines was acquired by Alaska Airlines in 1968.

Merle K. (Mudhole) Smith Airport covers an area of 2,959 acres (1,197 ha) at an elevation of 54 feet (16 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 9/27 is 7,500 by 150 feet (2,286 x 46 m) with an asphalt surface; 16/34 is 1,899 by 30 feet (579 x 9 m) with a gravel surface.

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