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| 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°W | ||||||||||||||
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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 Chugach Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska which has no road access to the outside world.[1] 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,[2] 15,372 enplanements in 2009, and 17,856 in 2010.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] Cordova Airlines was acquired by Alaska Airlines in 1968.
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for CDV PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 27, 2017.
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
- ^ "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Estimate" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Report. Federal Aviation Administration. Archived from the original (PDF, 7.89 MB) on February 22, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
- ^ "Cordova Air Services".