Cape May County
WWD · KWWD · Wildwood, New Jersey · Cape May County · map
Cape May County is a public-use airport owned by Delaware River Bay Authority, 4 miles northwest of Wildwood, New Jersey, 22 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 5,252 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KWWD · observed 4:56 pm EDT (20:56 UTC), 24 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (300°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 61°F (16°C), dew point 40°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 30.11 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 KWWD 062056Z AUTO 30005KT 10SM CLR 16/04 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP200 T01610044 56017 $
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 WWD · ICAO KWWD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Delaware River Bay Authority
- Elevation
- 22 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 5,252 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 5,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, four lights on the left, 5,036 ft available for landing, tree 55 ft high 1,140 ft from the end
- Runway 19: LOCALIZER, PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 215 ft, 5,036 ft available for landing, road 13 ft high 260 ft from the end
- Runway 10: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 80 ft high 2,000 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the left, tower 297 ft high 9,290 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.6 | |
| Wwd and aWOS-3PT | 118.275 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 609-886-9089.
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 Wildwood from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Wildwood, New Jersey: 3 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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 · 18 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
- Existed before far 157 rqrmt.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate PAPI runway 01, 10, 19, and 28; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self serv available H24 with credit card located on apron near intersection of taxiway a and F.
- Calm wind runway.
- Approach ratio 22:1 to displaced threshold.
- Taxiway B south of taxiway a can only be used by aircraft with wingspans less than 79 feet.
- Paew within the safety areas of all runways and taxiways daily May through oct.
- Taxiway a west of taxiway F can only be used by aircraft with wingspans less than 79 feet.
- Unmanned aircraft systems (drone (UAS)) activity on and around airfield.
- Taxiway C is an FAA research taxiway and is rstrd to aircraft with WT lmt of 28,000 LB and should not be used by aircraft gtr than 28,000 LB.
- Airport surface conditions not rprtd 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
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.