Cordova Municipal
CKU · Cordova, Alaska · Valdez-Cordova County · map
Cordova Municipal is a public-use airport, 1 mile east of Cordova, Alaska, 59 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 1,800 feet of gravel. It has 1 water landing area.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CKU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 59 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 26E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09W/27W | 8,000 × 3,000 ft | Water | |
| 06/24 | 1,800 × 60 ft | Gravel, good |
- Runway 06: right-hand traffic pattern, trees on the approach
- Runway 24: road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.5 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Cordova from the FAA register
64 aircraft are registered to owners in Cordova, Alaska: 54 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 3 turboprops, 3 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Steep ridge and hill along north edge; strong east winds; runway subj to strong downdrafts; birds roost on south side; mountains 3 MI from aer runway 24.
- Tie downs across busy road that parrallels airstrip on north; be alert taxiing across road.
- Runway 06/24 marked with reflective cones.
- Larger gravel at approach end of runway 24.
- Seaplane opers in approach to runway 24.
- Spb opers in eyak lake; eyak lake freezes in WINTER-TIDEWATER remains open.
- Runway condition not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to landing.
- Snow removal on irregular basis.
- Busy residential road borders northside and parallels runway.
- Runway edge cones removed for winter 15 oct through 1 may.
- No publ seaplane dock;. pub seaplane facilities at small boat harbor.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.