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Essex County

CDW · KCDW · Caldwell, New Jersey · Essex County · map

Essex County is a public-use airport owned by Essex County Improvement Authority, 2 miles north of Caldwell, New Jersey, 172 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 4,552 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 221 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 1 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 117,016 takeoffs and landings a year. About 133 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.

Quick answers answers refresh every morning

What is the airport code for Essex County?

Its FAA code is CDW, and its ICAO code is KCDW.

Where is Essex County?

It is 2 miles north of Caldwell, New Jersey, 172 feet above sea level.

How long is the longest runway at Essex County?

The longest of its 2 runways, 04/22, is 4,552 feet long.

Does Essex County have a control tower?

Yes, it has a control tower.

What fuel can you buy at Essex County?

The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.

Where can you fly nonstop from Essex County?

Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them New York, East Hampton, East Hampton Town, Laurence G Hanscom Field, Essex County. Every route

Are there flight schools at Essex County?

10 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Paramus Flying Club INC and Aero Flight School No7 LLC. Compare them

Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Essex County?

17 pilot examiners and 56 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name

Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions

Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Essex County…

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.

The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks

The airport

Codes
FAA CDW · ICAO KCDW
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
Essex County Improvement Authority
Elevation
172 feet above sea level
Control tower
A control tower · 7:00 am to 11:00 pm
Attended
every day, 7:00 am to 11:00 pm
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel and services
100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
Notes
landing fee
On the chart
New York sectional
Magnetic variation
13W
In the FAA's files since
February 1938

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

04221028N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.
FAA airport diagram for Essex County
The FAA's official airport diagram (taxiways, ramps, hot spots); tap to enlarge, or open the FAA's PDF.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
04/224,552 × 80 ftAsphalt, goodHigh-intensity lights
10/283,719 × 75 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 04: threshold displaced 375 ft, 3,977 ft available for landing, tree 45 ft high 220 ft from the end
  • Runway 22: LOCALIZER, PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 135 ft, 4,042 ft available for landing, trees 90 ft high 400 ft from the end
  • Runway 10: threshold displaced 344 ft, 2,822 ft available for landing, tree 39 ft high 264 ft from the end
  • Runway 28: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 550 ft, 2,822 ft available for landing, tree 46 ft high 423 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower119.8Caldwell
UNICOM122.95
ATIS (recorded airport information) · Cdw and automated weather (ASOS)135.5Caldwell
Clearance delivery121.1Caldwell
Ground121.9Caldwell
Approach · WILKES-BARRE and star127.6Caldwell
Departure119.2Caldwell
Jaike and star132.8Caldwell

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 631-594-4523.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Fuel
100LL avgas, Jet A
Repairs
airframe and engine: major repairs
Parking
hangars, tie-downs
Oxygen
bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
Also here
avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Notes
landing fee charged

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Lincoln Park Airport (5 nm north), Morristown Municipal (8 nm southwest), Teterboro Airport (10 nm east).

The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in New Jersey · avgas.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

  • Airport beacon located on top of control tower
  • When the control tower closed, PAPI runway 22; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 operates continuously. High-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 preset to low intst. To incrs intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 04 and 22 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Pattern altitude for large and turbojet aircraft 1527 feet above ground level; pattern altitude for light aircraft 1027 feet above ground level.
  • Landing fee for all transient aircraft
  • 6 feet fence, 200 feet from runway end, across centerline.
  • 6 feet fence, 195 feet from runway end, 120 feet LT of centerline.
  • Runway 22 PAPI unusable beyond 5 degrees right of centerline due to obstruction.
  • Approach ratio 13:1 to displaced thld.
  • Runway 10 approach slope 11:1 to displaced thld.
  • Approach ratio 6:1 to displaced thld.
  • Runway 28 approach ratio 28:1 to displaced thld.
  • Local operations suspended from 11:00 pm to 7:00 am Monday through Saturday 2300 Saturday until 1000 Sunday.

Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings

Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…

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Arrivals and departures, last hour

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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.

Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026

Airlines reported 486 departures from CDW in those twelve months, carrying 45 passengers in 3,888 seats (1% filled), to 12 destinations on 2 airlines.

All 12 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

single-engine183multi-engine22jets6helicopters10
Based aircraft, as a table
aircraft
single-engine183
multi-engine22
jets6
helicopters10
1different aircraft heard arriving or departing here in the last 7 days (9 in 30 days)

The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.

133passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024

Takeoffs and landings a year about 117,016, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)

airline11air taxi and commuter6,146general aviation, travelling58,054general aviation, local51,544military1,261
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
a year
airline11
air taxi and commuter6,146
general aviation, travelling58,054
general aviation, local51,544
military1,261

Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Caldwell from the FAA register

2 aircraft are registered to owners in Caldwell, New Jersey: 2 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in New Jersey.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

  • Paramus Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · Fairfield, 1 mile away Paramus Flying Club is a non-profit flying club serving the New York and New Jersey area with a fleet of four glass-cockpit, IFR-capable aircraft based at Caldwell Airport in Fairfield, New Jersey.
  • Aero Flight School No7 LLC 1 aircraft · Lincoln Park, 5 miles away
  • Morris Aero Club 1 aircraft · Towaco, 5 miles away Morris Aero Club is a member-owned flying club established in the 1960s, based at Morristown Municipal Airport in New Jersey.
  • Certified Aviation LLC 8 aircraft · Morristown, 9 miles away Certified Flyers is a flight training center at Morristown Airport (KMMU) in New Jersey that provides pilot certification courses from private pilot through airline transport pilot, as well as aircraft rentals and simulator training.
  • 150Th Aero Flying Club 4 aircraft · Morristown, 9 miles away The 150th Aero Flying Club is a member-operated, not-for-profit flying club founded in 1960 by members of the 150th Air National Guard.
  • Cdw Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Kinnelon, 9 miles away
  • Essex Air LLC 3 aircraft · Franklin Lakes, 10 miles away Essex Air is a flight school located at Essex County Airport in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, offering pilot training from introductory flights through flight instructor certification.
  • Ocean Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Chatham, 11 miles away
  • Teterboro School of Aeronautics DBA 1 aircraft · Hasbrouck Heights, 11 miles away
  • Mystere Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Little Ferry, 13 miles away The FAA Flying Club is a nonprofit flying club based at the FAA William J.

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles

17 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 16 for private pilot, 16 for commercial and instrument, 9 for airline transport pilot, 13 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 14 for airplanes, 10 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 56 aviation medical examiners, 12 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 8 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 78 training center evaluators, 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.

  • William Gregory Hill private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Air Fleet Training · Fairfield, NJ (1 nm) · (732) 740-9506 · [email protected]
  • Ryan Andrew Ferguson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · ATP Flight School · Morristown, NJ (8 nm) · (201) 247-2873 · [email protected]
  • Thomas Maciej Jablonski instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Ramsey, NJ (13 nm) · (321) 591-6474 · [email protected]
  • Karl-John Bearnarth private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Somerset Air Service · Bedminster, NJ (22 nm) · (908) 612-0812 · [email protected]
  • Nicholas John Gregory private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · New Rochelle, NY (23 nm) · (914) 424-9030 · [email protected]
  • Robert Armindo Miranda private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Solberg Aviation Company · Readington, NJ (27 nm) · (973) 670-6343 · [email protected]
  • John W Beck private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Princeton Airport · Princeton, NJ (35 nm) · (908) 512-9039 · [email protected]
  • Christopher Calvert private pilot, commercial and instrument, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Milford, PA (38 nm) · (602) 738-4541 · [email protected]

All 179 nearby, by kind, with contact details

What each kind does
  • DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
  • AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
  • DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
  • DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
  • DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
  • DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
  • DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
  • DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
  • TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
  • DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
  • Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.

Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.

Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 50 since 1982, 7 fatal

2026-01-15ERA26LA096 · American General Acft CORP Ag5B N59WM · accident · no injuries
2025-01-12ERA25LA105 · Piper Pa44 N711AV · accident · no injuries
2024-11-06ERA25LA045 · Hawker Beechcraft CORP G58 N793RG · accident · no injuries
2022-09-09ERA22LA414 · Piper Pa-39 N8925Y · accident · no injuries
2022-06-04ERA22FA257 · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 N98ZA · accident · serious injuries
2022-04-17ERA22LA190 · Textron Aviation INC 525B N225SC · accident · no injuries
2021-08-26ERA21LA389 · Cirrus Design CORP Sr22 N472CD · accident · no injuries
2019-06-26GAA19CA427 · Beech 35 N1361Z · accident · no injuries
2018-12-30GAA19CA106 · Cessna 172 N2651R · accident · no injuries
2017-01-21ERA17LA092 · Hawker Beechcraft CORP G36 N979BA · accident · serious injuries
2016-06-05ERA16CA203 · Beech F33A N444VT · accident · no injuries
2015-08-15ERA15FA312 · Cessna T206H N63TV · accident · 1 killed

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CDW.json.

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 26, 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.