MRIPAMR

Merrill Field

Anchorage, United States · North America

North America America/Anchorage

3runways

1,219 mLongest runway

Merrill Field (IATA: MRI, ICAO: PAMR, FAA LID: MRI) is a public-use general aviation airport located one mile (1.6 km) east of downtown Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by Municipality of Anchorage. It opened in 1930 as Anchorage Aviation Field and was renamed in honor of Alaska aviation pioneer Russel Merrill.

Location

61.213°N, 149.844°O · 42 m s. n. m. (137 ft)

General data

CountryUnited States

CityAnchorage

IATA codeMRI

ICAO codePAMR

Coordinates61.213°N, 149.844°O

Elevation42 m s. n. m. (137 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Anchorage

Runways3

Longest runway1,219 m

Official website

Runways · 3

08/26

Length1,219 m3,999 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

17/35

Length805 m2,641 ft

Width23 m75 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

04/22

Length610 m2,001 ft

Width18 m59 ft

SurfaceGravel

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 6 Official publication

Tower

126.000TWR · CTAF127.550

Ground

121.700

ATIS (automatic information)

124.250ATIS · MET

Approach

119.100APP · DEP

UNICOM

122.950

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Frequencies from the official publication: FAA NASR, AIRAC 01 OCT 2026, checked on Oct 16, 2026. They change with each amendment: not for navigation without checking the current AIP. See the official publication In MHz.

History

Merrill Field, located on the east end of 5th Avenue in Anchorage, was the first official airport in the city when it opened in 1930. It was Anchorage's only airport until 1951, when Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport opened, along with the introduction of ever larger and faster commercial aircraft required that an airfield with longer and heavier runways be built.

Construction of the original 35-acre (14 ha) site one mile east of the city was completed on 22 Aug. 1929. Originally named Anchorage Aviation Field, it was later renamed Anchorage Municipal Airport. The airport is now named for Russel Merrill, an Alaskan aviation pioneer. An aerodrome beacon was located at Merrill Field and dedicated on 25 September 1932 in Merrill's honor.

The airfield remains in use today as the primary field for private wheel-equipped aircraft in the warmer months, and for ski-equipped aircraft in the winter. A section of the property used to be a municipal landfill.

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This page was last updated on October 16, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 16). Merrill Field (MRI). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MRI

MLA

“Merrill Field (MRI).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 16 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MRI. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Merrill Field (MRI).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 16, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MRI.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Merrill Field (MRI). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MRI (Accessed: 23 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_mri,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Merrill Field (MRI)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-16},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MRI},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MRI}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-23},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}

Wikipedia

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