KCDW · Essex County Airport

CALDWELL, NEW JERSEY · SMALL AIRPORT

173

Elevation ft

Runways

4,552

Longest ft · 04/22

40.88N

74.28W

Essex County Airport serves Caldwell, New Jersey at 173 ft elevation with its longest runway, 04/22, at 4,552 by 80 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
04/22	4,552 × 80 ft	asphalt	lit
10/28	3,719 × 75 ft	asphalt (good)	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 173 ft is about 15°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 15°C)	173 ft	2,472 ft	2,128 ft	3,192 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,373 ft	2,706 ft	2,255 ft	3,382 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,573 ft	2,940 ft	2,381 ft	3,572 ft
35°C afternoon	2,615 ft	2,948 ft	2,386 ft	3,579 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (04/22, 4,552 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,579 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KCDW is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KMMU Morristown Municipal Airport	8 nm SW	5,998 ft
KTEB Teterboro Airport	10 nm E	6,997 ft
KEWR Newark Liberty International Airport	12 nm SE	11,000 ft
KLGA LaGuardia Airport	19 nm E	7,002 ft
KJFK John F. Kennedy International Airport	27 nm SE	14,511 ft
KHPN Westchester County Airport	28 nm NE	6,549 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KCDW

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KCDW, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KCDW or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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