Sussex Airport
FWN · KFWN · Sussex, New Jersey · Sussex County · map
Sussex Airport is a public-use airport owned by Sussex Aviation LLC, 1 mile southwest of Sussex, New Jersey, 422 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 3,506 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KFWN · observed 3:53 pm EDT (19:53 UTC), 44 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 62°F (17°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 30.07 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 KFWN 061953Z AUTO 29006KT 10SM CLR 17/M01 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP184 T01671011
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 FWN · ICAO KFWN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Sussex Aviation LLC
- Elevation
- 422 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,506 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 466 ft, trees 50 ft high 250 ft from the end
- Runway 21: threshold displaced 756 ft, trees 69 ft high 375 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure Surface to 7000 feet | 123.775 | |
| Fwn and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.525 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 973-970-3780.
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 Sussex from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Sussex, New Jersey: 16 piston singles, 2 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 New Jersey.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 since 1982, 2 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
- Built prior to 1959.
- Paja, drop zone located southwest side of runway.
- Dusk to dawn. Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- SELF-SVC.
- 15 feet tree, 38 feet from runway end, 176 feet right.
- 10 feet sign, 41 feet from runway end, 44 feet right.
- Runway 03 runway end identifier lights out of service indefinitely.
- Runway 21 runway end identifier lights out of service indefinitely.
- Runway 03 PAPI out of service indefinitely.
- Runway 03 approach ratio 14:1 to displaced threshold.
- Runway 21 approach ratio 16:1 to displaced threshold.
- NON-STD taxiway width, taxiway and runway markings. Aircraft operations on blacktop only.
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.