Merrill Field

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Merrill Field
IATA: MRI ICAO: PAMR FAA LID: MRI
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Municipality of Anchorage
Location	Anchorage, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	137 ft / 42 m
Coordinates	61°12′49″N 149°50′40″W / 61.21361°N 149.84444°W / 61.21361; -149.84444
Website	Merrill Field
Map
MRI Location of airport in Anchorage Show map of Anchorage MRI MRI (Alaska) Show map of Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 7/25 4,000 1,219 Asphalt 16/34 2,640 805 Asphalt 5/23 2,000 610 Asphalt/gravel
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations 126,234 Based aircraft 844 Passengers 50 Freight 652,000 lbs
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Merrill Field (IATA: MRI, ICAO: PAMR, FAA LID: MRI)^[2] is a public-use general aviation airport located one mile (1.6 km) east of downtown Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by Municipality of Anchorage.^[1] It opened in 1930 as Anchorage Aviation Field and was renamed in honor of Alaska aviation pioneer Russel Merrill.