CDV

Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport

ICAO PACV60.4918°N 145.4780°W53 ft / 16 mMedium airport
On the map
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Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Region · Public domain · Commons

Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport (IATA: CDV, ICAO: PACV) is a medium airport in Cordova, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jan 1949. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,500 ft (2,286 m). It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 64 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1949–1949
JAN 1949
OpenedMerle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
2709 Airport Road
09/27114° / 294° · LIT
LENGTH7,500 ft2,286 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
16/34181° / 001°
LENGTH1,934 ft590 mWIDTH30 ft9 mSURFACEGravel

Passengers per year

2015–2025
69K
68K
70K
74K
78K
40K
57K
63K
70K
65K
64K
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Routes

2 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsAlaska Airlines 2Alaska Central Express 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CDV. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Merle K. (Mudhole) Smith Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers64K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,981of 3,974 · #446 North America · #302 USLongest runway7,500 ft2,286 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,114of 29,823 · =673 North America · =500 USElevation53 ft16 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,991of 43,341 · =17,708 North America · =14,647 USAgeOpened 19492026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,461of 15,079 · =2,337 North America · =2,277 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels
A/DANCHORAGE APP/DEP133.600
ASOSASOS134.800
CTAFCTAF123.600
FSSJUNEAU RDO122.200