# Essex County Airport (CDW / KCDW)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcdw

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CDW / KCDW
- FAA: CDW
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Essex County Improvement Authority
- Serves: Caldwell, New Jersey, United States
- Opened: Feb 1938
- Elevation: 172 ft / 53 m
- Coordinates: 40.8752, -74.2814
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,552 ft / 1,387 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches, 3 arrivals
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.flycdw.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_County_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5399683
- Weather station: KCDW
- Ident: KCDW

## Timeline

- Feb 1938: Essex County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 4,552 ft / 1,387 m | 80 ft / 24 m | Asphalt | 030° / 210° | yes |
| 10/28 | 3,719 ft / 1,134 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 083° / 263° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05275AD.PDF

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Seasonal (1)

- [NYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/6n7.md) New York Skyports Inc Seaplane Base · United States · 19 mi / 30 km · Tropic Ocean Airways

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CDW, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [Tropic Ocean Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tropic-ocean-airways) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,552 ft / 1,387 m | =8,020 of 29,858 | =2,994 in North America | =2,466 in US |
| Elevation | 172 ft / 53 m | #34,673 of 43,403 | #15,810 in North America | #13,295 in US |
| Age | Opened 1938 | =870 of 15,079 | =246 in North America | =228 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | NEW YORK APP | 127.600 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 135.500 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.100 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.800 |
| DEP | NEW YORK DEP | 119.200 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.800 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [N07](https://dromopedia.com/airports/n07.md) Lincoln Park Airport · 5.3 mi / 8.5 km
- [MMU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmmu.md) Morristown Municipal Airport · 8.7 mi / 14 km
- [TEB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kteb.md) Teterboro Airport · 12 mi / 19 km
- [EWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewr.md) Newark Liberty International Airport · 14 mi / 23 km
- [JY43](https://dromopedia.com/airports/jy43.md) Hill Top Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [4N1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k4n1.md) Greenwood Lake Airport · 18 mi / 29 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Essex County Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Essex_County_Airport&oldid=1364484298), revision of 16 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcdw/data