CDW

Essex County Airport

ICAO KCDW40.8752°N 74.2814°W172 ft / 53 mSmall airport
On the map
KCDW Airport Diagram
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Essex County Airport (IATA: CDW, ICAO: KCDW) is a small airport in Caldwell, New Jersey, United States. It opened in Feb 1938. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,552 ft (1,387 m). It is operated by Essex County Improvement Authority.

Timeline

1 event · 1938–1938
FEB 1938
OpenedEssex County Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
04/22030° / 210° · LIT
LENGTH4,552 ft1,387 mWIDTH80 ft24 mSURFACEAsphalt
10/28083° / 263° · LIT
LENGTH3,719 ft1,134 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

1 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CDW. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Essex County Airport” (revision of 16 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway4,552 ft1,387 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=8,016of 29,823 · =2,993 North America · =2,465 USElevation172 ft53 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#34,618of 43,341 · #15,801 North America · #13,287 USAgeOpened 19382026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=870of 15,079 · =246 North America · =228 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
APPNEW YORK APP127.600
ATISATIS135.500
CLDCLNC DEL121.100
CTAFCTAF119.800
DEPNEW YORK DEP119.200
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR119.800
UNICUNICOM122.950