MRI

Merrill Field

ICAO PAMR61.2128°N 149.8440°W143 ft / 44 mMedium airport
On the map
Diagram of Merrill Field (MRI), an airport in Anchorage, Alaska, United States
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Merrill Field (IATA: MRI, ICAO: PAMR) is a medium airport in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It opened in May 1947. It has 3 runways; the longest is 4,000 ft (1,219 m). In 2025 it handled 13 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1947–1947
MAY 1947
OpenedMerrill Field opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
08/26090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH4,000 ft1,219 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt
17/35180° / 360° · LIT
LENGTH2,640 ft805 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt
05/23066° / 246°
LENGTH2,000 ft610 mWIDTH60 ft18 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
7K
7K
6K
6K
7K
7K
9K
9K
13K
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Routes

8 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsJN 5SNK 3

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MRI. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from MRI, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers13K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,580of 3,974 · #617 North America · #427 USLongest runway4,000 ft1,219 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=9,642of 29,823 · =3,827 North America · =3,209 USElevation143 ft44 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,473of 43,341 · =16,132 North America · =13,539 USAgeOpened 19472026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,942of 15,079 · =1,856 North America · =1,803 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 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

8 channels
A/DANCHORAGE APP/DEP119.100
ATISATIS124.250
CTAFCTAF126.000
FSSKENAI RDO122.200
GNDGND121.700
RFSSKENAI RDO122.300
TWRTWR126.000
UNICUNICOM122.950