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 and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KCDW · observed 3:53 pm EDT (19:53 UTC), 43 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 62°F (17°C), dew point 31°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCDW 061953Z 29009KT 10SM CLR 17/M01 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP192 T01671006
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1938
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 4,552 × 80 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 3,719 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-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) · Tower | 119.8 | Caldwell |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Cdw and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.5 | Caldwell |
| Clearance delivery | 121.1 | Caldwell |
| Ground | 121.9 | Caldwell |
| Approach · WILKES-BARRE and star | 127.6 | Caldwell |
| Departure | 119.2 | Caldwell |
| Jaike and star | 132.8 | Caldwell |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 631-594-4523.
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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in New Jersey.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 50 since 1982, 7 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
- 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.
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.