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Caldwell Wright Airport
Airport Directory » United States » Caldwell » Caldwell Wright AirportAirport information for Caldwell Wright AirportCountry: United StatesLocation: Caldwell Coordinates: 40.52.00N / 074.17.00W IATA Code: CDW Timezone: GMT -5 Direct flights form Caldwell Wright Airport Direct flights to Caldwell Wright Airport Find connecting flights to Caldwell Wright Airport Find connecting flights from Caldwell Wright Airport |
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Coordinates: 40°52′31″N 074°16′53″W / 40.87528°N 74.28139°W / 40.87528; -74.28139
Essex County Airport (IATA: CDW, ICAO: KCDW, FAA LID: CDW) is a public airport turn up 2 land mile (3 kilometre) northward of the central downtown of Caldwell, a borough of northwestern Essex County in the U.S. province of New Jersey. It is owned by the Essex County Improvement Authority and is a popular civil aviation airport for aircraft traveling to New York City and northern New Jersey.
Although the FAA officially listing the airport's place as Caldwell and the FAA/IATA identifier "CDW" is an abbreviation of that name, the airport constructions and the bigger division of the airport lands are turn up in city of Fairfield.
Airport History
Early solar days (1929–1932)
The belonging that would finally get the airport was originally busy by the Fairfield Dairy Company, owned by Stephen Francisco.
In April 1929 Essex Airport Corporation was characteristic by Walter Marvin and 6 other person. The aim of the corporation was to open an airport to assist Montclair, New Jersey, a city 7 land mile forth. The parcel of land of district that Essex Airport Corporation mean for the airport was the Fairfield Dairy Company district that had also been used during WWI as a impermanent field for the Naval Rifle Range which had been turn up alongside the Passaic River in Pine Brook. Some of the early mentions to airport have the appellation “Marvin Airport”, named after Walter Marvin.
In May 1929, shortly after the creative activity of Essex Airport Corporation, Curtiss Airports Corporation get Essex Airport Corporation. Since Walter Marvin was also president of Curtiss Airports Corporation at the clip, this rapid acquisition was most probably the original purpose.
In Sept of 1929 Curtiss-Wright Airport was open to voyage functioning, and in Oct 1930 a “Grand Opening” air present at the Curtiss-Wright Airport was maintained.
Caldwell-Wright (1932–1973)
In Sept 1932 Curtiss Airport Corp and Curtiss-Wright Flying Service are close down and sometime between late 1932 and early 1933 the name of the airport was modified to Caldwell-Wright reflecting the separation of airport functioning from the other entities of the company. The use of Caldwell within the airport’s name is due to the place of the airport within Caldwell Township. It was not until the early 1950s, that Caldwell Township modified its name to Fairfield in say to keep off being confounded with the near-by Caldwell Borough. The mention to “Caldwell Airport” elongates to present solar day and is systematically used by airplane pilots and FAA tower comptrollers during wireless communicating.
From Sept 1932 to Jan 1942 White Flying Service was active agent at airport, furnishing voyage services.
With the impending armed forces buildup prior to America’s gate to WWII, the claim for aircraft increased, moving a major enlargement of the entire air power industry. With the formation of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation in July 1929, the company had 3 principal parts; 1 of the 3, the Propeller Division, (mastermind of the Electric Propeller) was finally headquartered at Caldwell-Wright Airport. The Caldwell Plant and headquarter business office of the Propeller Division was opened on April 19, 1941, merely 96 solar days after the groundbreaking ceremony. The 1st 300 adult male waited as their machines were location in the mill, so that as before long as the installing was complete, the adult male is able to get work. The Caldwell constitute was huge, it covered 380,000 square foot (35,000 mtwo), and was built with the most modern industrial projects available at the clip. The entire production area applied 16,950 square foot (1,575 mtwo) of actinic glass (touched glass which absorbs a high percent of solar radiation) to insure maximal use of sunshine. The air circulation system was capable of a complete modify of air every 5 min.. During WWII employ at the Caldwell constitute turned to about 6,000. The rapid enlargement of the Propeller Division was seen in the construction of the Caldwell constitute. Where the constitute was originally projected to use up a floor area of 270,000 square foot (25,000 mtwo), the mill was increased to its final size of 380,000 square foot (35,000 mtwo) even before the constitute was contended in put down clip.
In addition to the construction of the propellor constitute, the airport was spread out to allow for much bigger aeroplanes to bring down by enlarging the landing track to 4,500 human foot. In aggregative Curtiss-Wright furnished 85 percentage of the propellors for U.S. aircraft in World War II.
Curtiss-Wright opened the airport for public use in 1965. Originally the parcel of land owned by Curtiss-Wright was in surplus of 650 acres (263 ha). The corporation bit by bit set about selling portions of the district for industrial development and by 1973 the airport district staying was cut back down to 278 acres (113 ha).
Essex County Airport (1973–present)
Fairfield's mostly agricultural community set about to modify in the 1950s and 1960s with the station conflict din and building of major main road nearby. Development of big residential parcel of land and a modest sum of money of single-story industrial infinite come after. It was in these 2 decenniums that Fairfield's development pace had accelerated, particularly alongside Route 46 and around the airport. The airport itself, nevertheless, did not benefit from that development and was ready to be sold by Curtiss-Wright Corporation in June 1972 for residential units or industrial development. For the past several yr while the district rate was appreciating, Curtiss-Wright had been rent the airport to Fairfield Aviation, who functioned the airport. Now that the district rate turned, Curtiss-Wright make up one's mind to sell off the airport belonging for $6.5 million.
John Clarey, of Fairfield Aviation (Also President of Aviation Advisory Council of New Jersey) and Harry Hamlen, who was the editor in chief and publishing house of Air-List-Ads air power mag, and managing director of the Aviation Advisory Council of New Jersey, were responsible for maintaining airport from getting reformulated. Hamlen and Clarey were the independent drivers in swaying the Essex County Improvement Authority (ECIA) to buy the airport in 1973.
John Clarey retired as president of Fairfield Aviation in New Jersey in 1978. In December 1983 building set about on the 1st of 2 four-story, 80,000-square-foot (7,000 mtwo) office constructions turn up on the east side of the airport.
The Essex County Airport derived ill fame when John F. Kennedy, Jr., who found his private aircraft there, crashed after going away the airport en path for Martha's Vineyard on July 16, 1999.
Now under the direction of retired armed forces veteran Thomas Gomez and Operations Manager Herb Perez, the airport has finished a large listing of new projects including new depots, high intensity level pilot-controlled visible radiation, Rwy 4/22 repaved and restripped, Rwy 10/28 remarkings, upgraded security measure, GPS R-NAV, updated airport functioning services, new T-Hangers, and many more upgrades to operational position. Taxiways P, D, C, N, G, and B have all also been repaved. Future labors for the airport include GPS-WAAS, new truss topographic points, new T-Hangers, and additional security hardware and software system. This shall be to further Caldwell's security bequest into the time to come.
The airport's 2 briny FBOs are Avantair and Mac Dan Aviation. Both are turn up on the northward side of the airport; they have fuel and aircraft services.
Currently the airport has 2 voyage schools, 2 fixed ground operators, 1 aircraft sales corporation, and several demonstrated service hearts for Cessna, Piper, and Beechcraft. The FAA Control Tower at Caldwell deals largely grooming voyages during basic functioning 60 minutes, even so the traffic also includes visible light and medium jet plane, eggbeaters, and private authority voyages.
Future of Aviation (2009-beyond)
Caldwell/Essex County Airport has seen an increase in VLJ traffic that get down in late 2007. The airport's bigger landing track of 4,553 foot, is a direct link up and a perfect selection for jet plane traveling to the New York City area , without the hold up of bigger airports. The airport already establishes an Eclipse 500 for more info approximately that aircraft see http://www.eclipseaviation.com/, The time to come for the airport will include a vast figure of aircraft from the visible radiation jet plane marketplace, Citiation Mustang, Cirrus Jet, Diamond Jet, Honda Jet, and Phenom 100. All are due to be in production and in rotary motion at the airport in 2011-2012. The Federal Aviation Administration has taken measure out measures to prepare for the new contemporaries of Very Light Jets, and a taking authority watchdog office is live up to that VLJs is able to be swimmingly and safely integrated into the National Airspace System. But the Government Accountability Office is small clear on what the future maintains for VLJs in terms of market place and their aggregative impact on traffic. The GAO late last calendar month presented that account to House air power subcommittee Chairman Jerry Costello (D-Ill.), Rep. Thomas Petri (R-Wis.), and Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), the ranking Republican on the full House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
The GAO looked at 8 different calculates to find out how many VLJs were projected to hit the marketplace. But those calculates changed widely, promising that anyplace between 3,000 to 7,600 VLJs shall be presented over ten to 20 yr. Those calculates all believed that there shall be some stage of economic development during their predicted calculate time period.
"We compared Very Light Jet calculates to more general business jet plane calculates and constitute that there was small consensus amongst calculates approximately the anticipated figure of VLJ bringings than there was approximately other aircraft bringings, which presents the divergency of thought approximately Very Light Jet bringings," GAO stated.
The biggest area of dissension between the calculates, GAO stated, was the time to come of the air cab marketplace. Some predictors, such as the Teal Group, called small growing in the air cab marketplace. Others, such as VLJ developer Embraer, believe that the air cab marketplace exclusively is able to spur 2,500 to 3,000 VLJ bringings by 2016.
Facilities, Aircraft, and Services
Essex County Airport covers an area of 275 acres (111 ha) which incorporates 2 asphalt paved landing track]]s: 4/22 measure out 4,553 x 80 foot (1,388 x 24 m) and 10/28 measure out 3,721 x 75 foot (1,134 x 23 m).
For the 12-month time period finish January 1, 2006, the airport had 245,872 aircraft functioning, an mean of 673 per solar day: 98% civil aviation, 2% air cab and <1% armed forces. At that clip there were 281 aircraft ground at this airport: 79% single-engine, 19% multi-engine and 2% eggbeater.
Fixed Based Operators
Mac Dan Aviation "Our full service AVITAT FBO is the air power precious stone of Northern New Jersey . Why go through the over-crowding, detains, and fuel monetary values using TEB or MMU. Mac Dan is only 25 min. from New York City via Limo and eight min. by eggbeater (turn up on premises). We are open 24 60 minutes a solar day 365 solar days a yr and offer the most comprehensive bush of individualised services in the industry. Near the ground of the control tower "
+1-973-227-1180
27 Wright Way Fairfield, NJ, 07004 Manager: Guyon W. Nelson
- http://www.macdan.com/
AvantAir "Avantair, the only in public trade in stand-alone fractional operator and the sole North American supplier of fractional percentages in the Piaggio Avanti aircraft, is headquartered in Clearwater, FL, with about 400 employees. The Company offers private locomote solutions for person and business organisation locomoting within its service area , which includes the continental United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico, at a fraction of the cost of whole aircraft ownership. The Company now pull off a fleet of 52 aircraft, with another 57 Piaggio Avanti aircraft on say through 2013"
+1-973-227-8299
35 Wright Way Fairfield, NJ 07004 Manager: Mike Hushek
- http://www.avantair.com/
Flight School
Century Air "Century Flight Academy is a FAA Approved Part 141 voyage grooming centre turn up in Northern New Jersey, merely 20 min. from New York City. Century Air has 1 of the most good back up fleets of renting and direction aircraft in the New York / New Jersey area . "
+1-973-575-4800
Century Air ten Wright Way Essex County Airport Fairfield, NJ 07004 Manager: Richard Greene
- http://www.centuryair.com
Air Fleet "Air Fleet Training Systems, constituted in 1990, is a professional voyage training school found out of Caldwell/Essex County in northeastern New Jersey. Located within 35 min. of Manhattan and Staten Island, and within easy make of multiple characteristics of public transportation system, Air Fleet has derived a repute for its professional direction and late-model aircraft. As 1 of the commonwealths top Cessna Pilot Centers, Air Fleet and Cessna have team up to do acquiring to wing easier and obtainable for the mean mortal! "
+1-973-575-8220
35 Wright Way Fairfield, NJ 07004
- http://www.airfleettraining.com/
Aircraft Maintenance
Paragon Aircraft "A full service centre for many differant aircraft types. That include Cirrus, Cessna, Beechcraft, Piper, and Mooney. They narrow down on Aircraft upkeep, Aircraft alterations, have a big stock list Aircraft divisions"
+1-973-575-0364
19 Wright Way Fairfield, NJ 07004 Manager: Tim
C&W Aero Services "Located in West Caldwell NJ (KCDW),C&W Aero Services is a characteristic aircraft upkeep and avionics installation which has been take care of its clients since 1964. Under the oversight of Neil and Sean Nederfield, a crew of prepared technicians, a full service avionics prove bench, and in conformity with the FAA Drug and Alcohol Testing Program, C&W is focused on assisting our clients and the air power community. C&W is the only installation doing mill clear service on Edo-Aire and Aire-Science wireless! Check the avionics subdivision for points. Autopilots to engine supervises, yearlies to engine modifies, airframe restores to.... good you acquire the thought, C&W is here for what you NEED!"
+1-973-227-5750
Essex County Airport 19 Wright Way Fairfield, NJ 07004 Manager: Neil Nederfield
- http://www.cwaero.com/
Aircraft Sales / Hangers
Air Bound Aviation "Air Bound Aviation furnishes hanger services to aircraft ground at KCDW. Air Bound also is an aircraft sales corporation. Located on the Delta incline, 2 big constructions southward of new hangers. Air Bound also a prime minister Pro-Star Pilatus bargainer, marketers of the PC-12 aircraft."
+1-973-575-1833
Five Wright Way Fairfield, NJ 07004 Manager: Andy Ferguson
- http://www.airboundaviation.com/
Airport Operations / Airport Management
Airport Manager : Thomas Gomez
Operations Manager : Herb Perez
Serves as the secruity and the internal matters at the airport. Handles clients, and airport staff working in and around the airports 5 inclines. They have the fuel say, take appraises, complete landing track checks over, professional remotion of snowfall, on-field calamity remotion, real clip condition and info station. And a popular hang out halt for many of the local airplane pilots and crew. A great appartment to hear the Air Traffic or Flight Planning, dwell voyage landing tracking and a meeting location for the United States Coast Guard AUX. **Airport Website Comming Soon!!**
The Essex County Improvement Authority is turn up at 155 Passaic Ave, Fairfield NJ 07004.
- Live Airport Status
http://flightaware.com/dwell/airport/KCDW
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