Merle K. (Mudhole) Smith Airport
Merle K. (Mudhole) Smith Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located 11 nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Cordova, a city in the Chugach Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska which has no road access to the outside world. Airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
Merle K. (Mudhole) Smith Airport
Cordova is a city in Chugach Census Area, Alaska, United States. It lies near the mouth of the Copper River, at the head of Orca Inlet on the east side of Prince William Sound. The population was 2,609 at the 2020 census, up from 2,239 in 2010.
Aerial view of central Cordova, Eyak Lake and the portion of the Chugach Mountains surrounding the city.
1910 postcard of Cordova, Alaska.
Cordova, Alaska was shown in a real photo postcard dated January 26, 1907
View of Cordova in 1941