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Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport lies some eleven miles southeast of the town of Cordova on Alaska's south-central coast, providing the town's link to scheduled and general aviation traffic. It offers a long, lit hard-surface main runway with an ILS approach, making it a useful and interesting stop for VFR pilots exploring the Prince William Sound region.
Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport serves the fishing community of Cordova, Alaska, sitting on a substantial 2,959-acre site around eleven miles southeast of the town itself. It is a public-use field handling both commercial airline service and general aviation, and its long paved runway with an instrument landing system makes it a capable all-weather field for a location otherwise surrounded by mountainous, often cloud-covered terrain.
The airport is located in Cordova, Alaska, close to Prince William Sound, roughly eleven miles southeast of the town along the Copper River Highway. Approach and departure control for the airport is provided by Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center on 133.6 MHz, with flight service available from Juneau Radio on 122.2 MHz.
The airfield has two physical runways. The primary runway, 09/27, is a hard-surfaced strip of about 7,476 to 7,477 feet in length, lit, with an ILS approach serving runway 27. A secondary crosswind runway, 16/34, is a shorter hard-surfaced strip of about 2,177 feet, unlit. Field elevation is 43 feet.
Pilots should use CTAF 123.6 MHz for airfield traffic. Anchorage Approach/Departure can be contacted on 133.6 MHz, ASOS weather information is broadcast on 134.8 MHz, and Juneau Radio (flight service) is available on 122.2 MHz. An ILS approach is available for runway 27.
The airfield continues to support both scheduled commercial air service and general aviation for the Cordova area, operating from its main paved, lit runway with ILS approach capability on runway 27, supplemented by a shorter secondary runway for smaller aircraft.