Identifier
CDV
Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport Map Print (CDV)
CDV
PACV
Cordova, Alaska
$55
✓ Free US shipping · Made to Order
Colorway
White
Black
Navy
Sand
Blueprint
Night Ops
Hi-Viz
Finish
Fine Art Print pairs 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper with pigment giclée printing for rich color and a smooth matte finish. Supplied unframed. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat.
Framed Fine Art Print presents the same cotton paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame, with a white beveled mat and optical-grade clear acrylic. The mat is included, and hanging wire is already installed.
Glossy Metal Print brings vivid color to coated aluminum through dye sublimation. The glossy surface resists scratches and water; the included hidden mount positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall.
Size
Free US shipping
Printed in the USA
Secure checkout
- Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
- Cordova's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
- Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.
Description
A runway diagram map print of Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport (CDV), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.
Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.
Shipping and Returns
Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.
The Digital Download is a JPEG at 300 dpi, sized for 24 by 30 inches. The digital add-on matches the selected physical print size at 300 dpi. Download links arrive by email and stay active for 30 days; save the file within that time and keep it for personal, non-commercial use. No physical item is shipped.
Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.
Digital downloads are non-refundable once delivered, except where required by law or where AirportPrints determines that a delivery failure or technical issue was caused by AirportPrints.
Materials
Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.
Framed Fine Art Print: the same cotton fine art paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame. A white, acid-free, 4-ply mat with a 45-degree bevel and optical-grade, shatter-resistant clear acrylic (safer to ship than glass) are included. The print is mounted to foam core for a flat presentation, with a kraft paper dust cover and installed hanging wire on the back.
Glossy Metal Print: the image is transferred by dye sublimation into polymer-coated aluminum with a glossy white base. The 1.14 mm panel has a scratch- and water-resistant surface, with a hidden inset mount that positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall. Display indoors, away from direct sunlight.
Digital Download: a high-resolution JPEG for personal, non-commercial use. No physical paper, frame, or metal panel is included.
Dimensions
Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.
Framed Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches, measured across the mat and acrylic area inside the frame. The mat sits within that area, so the visible image is about 6 x 8, 12 x 16, or 18 x 24 inches. The outside frame is larger than the listed size.
Glossy Metal Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches. During sublimation, 1/8 to 1/4 inch of the artwork may be cropped, so the printed edge can differ slightly from the preview.
Digital Download: a 7200 x 9000 pixel JPEG at 300 dpi for 24 x 30 inch printing. A digital add-on instead matches the selected physical size: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, or 24 x 30 inches at 300 dpi.
Made like something you keep.
The field itself
This is Cordova's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.
Museum-quality cotton paper
Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.
Solid wood framing or glossy metal
Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.
Merle K (Mudhole) Smith
CDV · Cordova, Alaska
60.4916° N · 145.4776° W
Field elevation 53 ft
Field elevation 53 ft
ICAO code
PACV
Field elevation
53ft
Runways
2
Magnetic variation
19°E
Runways
09/277,500 × 150 ft
16/341,934 × 30 ft
Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.
Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport Runway Diagram Print
The field at Cordova is built around one long paved runway, and this print plots it to scale from the published runway data. Runway 09/27 is that strip, 7,500 feet by 150 feet of asphalt, and it carries the whole sheet on its own. The field lists a second surface, 16/34 at just 1,934 feet by 30 feet, which the print does not draw. Field elevation is 53 feet, and the magnetic variation of 19E, a large number by lower forty-eight standards, goes small in the corner the way a chart carries it.
Cordova is not on the Alaska highway system, and that single fact explains the whole layout. The airport sits about 11 miles southeast of town and roughly 159 statute miles from Anchorage, it is owned by the state, and it is the way residents, commercial fishing, health services, the Coast Guard and the military all move in and out. That is why a community this size keeps a 7,500 foot paved runway with a lighted approach: it has to take jets in weather, year round. Everything else on the field works around that one strip.
Merle K. Smith, the pilot the field is named for, went by Mudhole. He became president of Cordova Airlines in 1939, and Alaska Airlines acquired that carrier in 1968. The drawing keeps to what a pilot would recognize from the air: the long paved runway, its designators, and a lot of open ground, composed from published airport information and available field depictions and set on a ground tone you choose. It reads clean from across a room and rewards a closer look, and for anyone who has sat out weather in Cordova it is a specific place rather than a generic pair of lines.
Cordova (CDV) print, common questions
How many runways does the Cordova airport have?
The field lists two: runway 09/27 at 7,500 feet by 150 feet, and the much shorter 16/34 at 1,934 feet by 30 feet. The print draws 09/27 only, to scale.
How long is the longest runway at CDV?
7,500 feet. That is runway 09/27, the paved runway, at 150 feet wide.
What is the field elevation at CDV?
53 feet above sea level, printed small in the corner of the diagram alongside the 19E magnetic variation.
Where is CDV?
About 11 miles southeast of Cordova, Alaska, a town on the coast with no road connection to the state highway system. The airport is state owned and sits roughly 159 statute miles from Anchorage.
How does the CDV print relate to the airport's layout?
Published airport information and available field depictions guide the CDV composition, including the runway designators and relative geometry. It is original wall art, so fine details may be simplified or omitted.
