Essex County Airport
Coordinates: 40°52′31″N 074°16′53″W / 40.87528°N 74.28139°W
| Essex County Airport | |||
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| IATA: CDW – ICAO: KCDW – FAA LID: CDW | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Essex County Improvement Authority | ||
| Serves | Caldwell, New Jersey, U.S. | ||
| Location | Fairfield Township, Essex County, New Jersey, U.S. | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 173 ft / 53 m | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 4/22 | 4,553 | 1,388 | Asphalt |
| 10/28 | 3,721 | 1,134 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 245,872 | ||
| Based aircraft | 281 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Essex County Airport (IATA: CDW, ICAO: KCDW, FAA LID: CDW) is a public airport located two miles (3 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] and is a popular general aviation airport for aircraft traveling to New York City and northern New Jersey.
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[edit] History
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. The tract of land that Essex Airport Corporation intended for the airport was the Fairfield Dairy Company land that had also been used during WWI as a temporary airfield for the Naval Rifle Range which had been located along the Passaic River in Pine Brook. Some of the early references to airport have the designation “Marvin Airport”, named after Walter Marvin.[2]
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 Airport with his wife and sister-in-law on July 16, 1999.[2]
The airport now serves turbo prop and jet operations on a daily basis. It also has become one of New Jersey's most utilize general aviation airports serving the north New Jersey and New York City areas.[citation needed]
It has been owned and operated by the Essex County Improvement Authority since September 5, 1975. The ECIA is governed by a seven-member Board of Commissioners appointed by the County Executive, Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. with the consent and approval of the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders.[citation needed]
The airport is located entirely in the Township of Fairfield in Essex County, New Jersey. CDW is a general aviation facility situated on approximately 278 acres (1.13 km2) of land. It is located 20 miles (32 km) west of New York City and 10 miles (16 km) west of Teterboro Airport.[citation needed]
There are currently a total of 261 outdoor, hard surface tie-downs and nine T-hangar buildings. These nine buildings provide a total of 98 individual T-Hangar units at CDW. CDW has four conventional hangars which total approximately 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2) of hangar space.[citation needed]
[edit] Traffic
For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2006, the airport had 245,872 aircraft operations, an average of 673 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 281 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 19% multi-engine and 2% helicopter.[1]
[edit] Facilities
Essex County Airport covers an area of 275 acres (111 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 4/22 measuring 4,553 x 80 ft (1,388 x 24 m) and 10/28 measuring 3,721 x 75 ft (1,134 x 23 m).[1]
[edit] Businesses and government
- Air Bound Aviation - fixed base operator
- Air Fleet Training Systems - flight school
- C&W Aero Services - aircraft maintenance
- Century Flight Academy - flight school
- Paragon Aircraft - aircraft maintenance
- Pro Star Pilatus - aircraft sales
- RGI Aviation - flight school
- United States Coast Guard Auxiliary - Air Station Caldwell, Flotilla 10-20
[edit] See also
- List of airports in New Jersey
- List of airports in the New York City area
- Transportation in New York City
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for CDW (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
- ^ a b Santiago, Katherine (June 21, 2009). "Historic Essex County Airport has a lofty past". The Star-Ledger (Newark). http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/historic_essex_county_airport_1.html. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective 12 January 2012
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KCDW
- ASN accident history for CDW
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
