KCDW Essex County

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE Class D

Wind calm · VFR · 48 min old

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4 29% 4552 ft

22 24% 4552 ft · right traffic

10 24% 3719 ft

28 24% 3719 ft · right traffic

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 4

PRIOR 4 used 86% of the time in this wind bin (n=7) +0.15
PRIOR runway length 4552 ft +0.02

Runway 22

PRIOR 22 used 14% of the time in this wind bin (n=7) -0.03
PRIOR runway length 4552 ft +0.02

Runway 10

PRIOR runway length 3719 ft -0.02

Runway 28

PRIOR runway length 3719 ft -0.02

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	48 min
ADSB	OK	1 min	GOOD
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour.

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KCDW field & runways

Essex County, Caldwell, New Jersey. Field elevation 172 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 13.0°W on record, 12.4°W today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.039°/year east — about 1° every 26 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
10	83.1°	95.5°	matches rule gives runway 9 in ~13 yr	3,719 ft	ASPH	left
22	209.5°	221.9°	matches	4,552 ft	ASPH	right	ILS
28	263.1°	275.5°	matches rule gives runway 27 in ~13 yr	3,719 ft	ASPH	right
4	29.5°	41.9°	matches	4,552 ft	ASPH	left

What KCDW usually does

Of 3,823 operations this service has observed at KCDW since 2026-08-25:

4 48% 1822 ops
22 45% 1723 ops
28 6% 248 ops
10 1% 30 ops

Observed by this service only — not an FAA statistic, and biased toward the hours and days it has been watching. It is shown because it is the same history the engine learns its local-convention prior from.

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KCDW ☆ Essex County