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Airport in Fairfield, New Jersey US From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Essex County Airport (IATA: CDW[2], ICAO: KCDW, FAA LID: CDW), informally known as Caldwell Airport,[3] is a public use airport located in Fairfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Caldwell, a borough of northwestern Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is owned by the Essex County Improvement Authority.[1] This facility is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.[4]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Essex County Improvement Authority | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Caldwell, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 172 ft / 52 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°52′31″N 074°16′53″W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.FlyCDW.com | ||||||||||||||
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In April 1929 Essex Airport Corporation was formed by Walter Marvin and six other individuals. The intention of the company was to open an airport to serve Montclair, New Jersey, a town seven miles (11 km) away. Some of the early references to the airport have the designation "Marvin Airport", named after Walter Marvin.[5]
In 1999, the airport gained national attention when John F. Kennedy Jr., who based his private aircraft there, crashed hours after departing the airport en route for Martha's Vineyard.[5]
Essex County Airport covers an area of 275 acres (111 ha) at an elevation of 172 feet (52 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: 4/22 is 4,552 by 80 feet (1,387 x 24 m) and 10/28 is 3,719 by 75 feet (1,134 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2022, the airport had 90,504 aircraft operations, an average of 248 per day: 96% general aviation, 2% air taxi, 1% military, and <1% commercial. Around that time there were 197 aircraft based at this airport: 161 single-engine, 19 multi-engine, 7 jets and 10 helicopters.[1]
The weather station reports are commonly identified as "Caldwell".[6][7]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Tropic Ocean Airways | Seasonal: New York Seaplane Base |
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