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KCDW — Essex County
Caldwell, NJ · field elevation 172 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KCDW current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KCDW 252353Z 04009G21KT 10SM CLR 21/04 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP161 T02060044 10206 20200 56005
- Wind
- from 040° at 9 kt, gusting 21 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 21 °C / dewpoint 4 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.99 inHg
- Density altitude
- 792 ft · pressure altitude 102 ft
- Observed
- 5 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 040° at 9 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 04 | 9 kt head | 2 kt from the right |
| 10 | 7 kt head | 6 kt from the left |
| 28 | 7 kt tail | 6 kt from the right |
| 22 | 9 kt tail | 2 kt from the left |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
4 within 20 nm, closest 10 nm. Last image 5 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Pilot reports
8 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 900–39,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KCDW — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KCDW — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 40.87522, -74.28135
- Elevation
- 172 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1048Z / 2249Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2300
- Magnetic variation
- 13°W (1985)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- New York
- County
- Essex, NJ
Airport diagram
Everything else KCDW publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 4,552 | 80 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 10/28 | 3,719 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 135.5
- Tower 0700-2300
- 119.8
- Ground
- 121.9
- Clearance
- 121.1
- CTAF
- 119.8
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 127.6
- Departure
- 119.2
Published procedures
- 4 approaches — LOC, RNAV (GPS)
- 3 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KCDW airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other New Jersey airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.