Merle K. (Mudhole) Smith Airport

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°W / 60.49167; -145.47750Coordinates: 60°29′30″N 145°28′39″W / 60.49167°N 145.47750°W / 60.49167; -145.47750
Map
CDV

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 7,500 2,286 Asphalt
16/34 1,899 579 Gravel
Statistics (2011)
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.[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.

Facilities and aircraft

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.[1]

For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2011, the airport had 14,040 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day: 46% general aviation, 29% air taxi, 18% scheduled commercial, and 7% military. At that time there were 30 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single-engine and 7% helicopter.[1]

Alaska Airlines operates Boeing 737 jets to the airport, the largest airplanes flying to Cordova. Alaska is the only jet aircraft operator to the airport.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Alaska Airlines Anchorage, Juneau, Seattle/Tacoma, Yakutat
Ravn Alaska Anchorage

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for CDV (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Estimate" (PDF, 7.89 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Report. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  5. ↑

Other sources

  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-1998-4899) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2004-5-5 (May 4, 2004): tentatively reselects Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide subsidized essential air service at Cordova, Gustavus, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat (southeast) Alaska, for the period from October 1, 2003, through April 30, 2006, at an annual rate of $5,723,008.
    • Order 2006-3-20 (March 22, 2006): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide subsidized essential air service at Cordova, Gustavus, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat (southeast) Alaska, for the period from May 1, 2006, through April 30, 2009.
    • Order 2009-2-3 (February 9, 2009): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Cordova, Gustavus, and Yakutat, for an annual subsidy rate of $5,793,201 and at Petersburg and Wrangell at an annual subsidy rate of $1,347,195, through April 30, 2011.
    • Order 2011-2-1 (February 1, 2011): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Cordova, Gustavus, and Yakutat, for an annual subsidy rate of $4,486,951 and at Petersburg and Wrangell at an annual subsidy rate of $3,415,987, from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2013.
    • Order 2013-2-10 (February 11, 2013): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Cordova, Gustavus, and Yakutat, Alaska, for $4,827,052 annual subsidy and at Petersburg and Wrangell at an annual subsidy rate of $3,476,579, from May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2015.
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