Newark Liberty International
EWR · KEWR · Newark, New Jersey · Essex County · map
Newark Liberty International is a public-use airport owned by the Port Authority of Ny & Nj, 3 miles south of Newark, New Jersey, 18 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 04L/22R, is 11,000 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and 2 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 425,384 takeoffs and landings a year. About 17,729,094 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KEWR · observed 5:51 pm EDT (21:51 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 9 knots, gusting to 19
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 25,000 feet
- Temperature 62°F (17°C), dew point 31°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 3:53 pm EDT (19:53 UTC), good until Wed 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 4:00 pm EDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 11 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm EDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm EDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 1:00 am EDT (05:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 6,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KEWR 062151Z 31009G19KT 10SM FEW250 17/M01 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP178 T01671006 $
TAF KEWR 061953Z 0620/0724 31011KT P6SM SKC FM062300 31008KT P6SM SKC FM070200 32005KT P6SM SKC FM070500 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM071300 21005KT P6SM SKC FM071600 20009KT P6SM FEW060
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 EWR · ICAO KEWR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Port Authority of Ny & Nj
- Elevation
- 18 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1939
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04L/22R | 11,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 04R/22L | 9,999 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 6,725 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| H1 | 54 × 54 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 04L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 2,541 ft, 8,459 ft available for landing, tree 65 ft high 1,926 ft from the end
- Runway 22R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 1,441 ft, 9,559 ft available for landing, pole 28 ft high 295 ft from the end
- Runway 04R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), threshold displaced 1,190 ft, 8,809 ft available for landing, pole 28 ft high 953 ft from the end
- Runway 22L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), threshold displaced 1,794 ft, 8,205 ft available for landing, ant 30 ft high 540 ft from the end
- Runway 11: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, building 158 ft high 6,197 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 224 ft, 6,501 ft available for landing, sign 54 ft high 818 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS Arrival | 115.7 | Newark |
| Digital ATIS Arrival/departure | 134.825 | Newark |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance | 118.85 | Newark |
| Clearance delivery | 127.25 | |
| Ground | 121.8 | Newark |
| Ground (secondary) | 126.15 | Newark |
| Tower | 118.3 | Newark |
| Tower (secondary) | 134.05 | Newark |
| Class B airspace · Approach arriving from headings 270 to 328; arriving from headings 270 to 330 | 127.6 | Newark |
| Class B airspace · Approach and departure Within 6.5 NM are tower controlled frequencies | 127.85 | Newark |
| Class B airspace · Approach · Brand and star arriving from headings 231 to 270; arriving from headings 090 to 240 | 128.55 | Newark |
| Approach arriving from headings 331 to 089 | 132.7 | Newark |
| Approach arriving from headings 241 to 269 | 132.8 | Newark |
| Departure | 119.2 | Newark |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Newark |
| Class B airspace arriving from headings 071 to 142 | 125.7 | Newark |
| Class B airspace arriving from headings 329 to 071 | 126.4 | Newark |
| Class B airspace arriving from headings 142 to 231 | 128.125 | Newark |
| Brand and star | 119.75 | Newark |
| Shaff and star | 120.15 | Newark |
| Brand and star | 124.55 | Newark |
| Ramp and ctl | 132.45 | Newark |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 862-381-4743.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 425,384, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Newark from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Newark, New Jersey: 6 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. 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 · 57 since 1982, 1 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
- General aviation/intrnt landing fees payable by major credit cards only.
- Property owned by city of Newark.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 182 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 437 feet in length by 178 feet in width located at the der.
- Brewster pad; H1 located on taxiway Z5. Operations limits are D65.
- +5 feet pole 25 feet from runway end 175 feet right.
- PAPI unusable 4 degreess left of centerline.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 13:1 to dthr.
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.