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]

Essex County Airport
IATA: CDW ICAO: KCDW FAA LID: CDW
Summary
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
Map
CDW Location in Essex County / New Jersey / US Show map of Essex County, New Jersey CDW CDW (New Jersey) Show map of New Jersey CDW CDW (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 4,552 1,387 Asphalt 10/28 3,719 1,134 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations 74,459 Based aircraft 197
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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 World War I 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 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]

Facilities and aircraft

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 November 30, 2012, the airport had 74,459 aircraft operations, an average of about 200 per day: 97% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. Around that time there were 197 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single-engine, 16% multi-engine and 1.5% each jets and helicopters.[1]

The weather station reports are commonly identified as "Caldwell".[6][7]

Accidents

• On August 29, 1982, a Cessna 172 carrying a flight instructor and student pilot collided with a Cessna 150 flown by a student pilot. The control tower did not have a radar system installed at the time and had instructed the Cessna 172 to fly an overhead entry to the traffic pattern while the Cessna 150 was on its downwind leg. The resulting collision sheared a wing off of the Cessna 172 and the ensuing crash resulted in the death of both occupants. The pilot of the other aircraft made a forced landing at the airport and skidded off the runway with the plane coming to rest on its nose.[8][9]
• On November 15, 2002, a Mooney M10 and a Piper PA-32R-300 collided in the traffic pattern while maneuvering at night for an approach to runway 22. The pilots of both planes were killed in the crash that followed.[10]
• On January 15, 2007, a Beechcraft A36 Bonanza in night IMC conditions impacted trees on a ridgeline while on approach to the airport. During at the start of its approach, the aircraft was 200 feet below the published minimum descent altitude for the instrument approach procedure and over the next 1.5 miles descended at a 7 degree angle and a 945 feet-per-minutes rate of descent resulting in controlled flight into terrain. Upon hitting trees, the plane flipped over, landed in a street and burst into flames killing the pilot.[11]
• On July 5, 2010, a Cirrus SR-22 crashed on its approach for landing about 100 yards North of the airport. All three passengers on board were killed in the crash and ensuing fire.[12]
• On August 15, 2015, shortly after takeoff from runway 22, the pilot of a Cessna 205 reported that he was unable to maintain power and attempted a turn back towards the airport. The airplane descended, impacted wooded terrain and was partially consumed by the post-impact fire killing the pilot.[13][14]

Airlines and destinations

This section does not cite any sources. (January 2022)

See also

• List of airports in New Jersey
• List of airports in the New York City area
• Transportation in New York City

References

External links

• Official website
• Essex County Airport (CDW) from New Jersey DOT Airport Directory
• Aerial image as of April 1995 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective October 6, 2022
• FAA Terminal Procedures for CDW, effective October 6, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for CDW
  • AirNav airport information for KCDW
  • ASN accident history for CDW
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

На других языках

[de] Flughafen Essex County