Cordova Municipal Airport is a state-owned public-use

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located one nautical mile (1.8 km) east of the central business district of Cordova, a city in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area of the

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. It is located on Eyak Lake on which it also has a landing area for

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s. Cordova is also served by the Merle K. (Mudhole) Smith Airport which offers scheduled commercial flights including

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jet service. Formerly, the airport operated as Cordova Army Airfield.

Facilities and aircraft

Cordova Municipal Airport has one

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(6/24) with a 1,800 by 60 ft (549 x 18 m) gravel surface. It also has one

landing area (9W/27W) measuring 8,000 by 3,000 ft (2,438 x 914 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 8,800 aircraft operations, an average of 24 per day: 60%

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and 40%

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References

External links

FAA Alaska airport diagram
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