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Essex County Airport

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Essex County Airport

KCDW / CDW

Caldwell, New JerseyELEV 173 FT

Small airport4.5 · 83 on Google
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Field elevation

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Nearest alternate

nm to MMU

Field standing

8 nm

To the nearest alternate

Morristown Municipal Airport (MMU) — 6 fields within 50 nm.

Overview

Essex County Airport (KCDW / CDW) sits in Caldwell, New Jersey, where it functions as a general aviation field. Field elevation is 173 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.

For charter flyers, CDW is a home base: Maklee Air operates from the field. The closest alternate fields are Morristown Municipal Airport (MMU, 8 nm), Teterboro Airport (TEB, 10 nm), and Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR, 12 nm).

Trip costs from CDW are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. You may also see the field referenced as Manhattan and New York City. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from CDW to plan your flight.

Field capability

ICAO

KCDW

IATA

CDW

FAA / Local

CDW

Elevation

173 ft

Coordinates

40.8752° N · 74.2814° W

Airspace

D · Delta

Size

Small

Scheduled svc

No

Elevation vs NJ fields

state range 9213 ft

At 173 ft, CDW sits higher than 81% of the 16 New Jersey fields on the register.

Based charter operators1

Access & alternates

Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.

KCDW · Essex County Airport · Caldwell, NJ

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