Essex County Airport (KCDW) in Fairfield, NJ

Caldwell / Essex County Airport (KCDW) is a towered Class D airport located underneath New York’s Class B airspace. Because of its numerous daily operations and proximity to major metropolitan airports, Caldwell is an ideal place to develop your navigation and radio communication skills in some of the world’s most beautiful, interesting and challenging airspace.

CDW is located 20 miles west of New York City and 10 miles west of Teterboro Airport. It is easily accessible from Highways 23, 46, 80, 280 and 287. Public transportation to the airport is also available from the Port Authority Building in NYC on 42nd Street via the Lakeland Bus Company.

Caldwell Airport provides pilots with two asphalt runways, 4/22 and 10/28. Runway 4/22 is 4553’ x 80’ and runway 10/28 is 3721’ x 75’. The airport provides a Localizer and several GPS instrument approaches. Runway lighting includes Medium-Intensity Runway Lighting (MIRL), Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI), and Runway End Identifier Lights (REIL).

Once you have made the decision to learn to fly, it is important that you become educated on the process, and learn how your investment will be spent. For this reason, all students of Century Air must attend a consultation prior to enrolling in a flight training program. During the consultation, you will be formally introduced to our programs, aircraft and facilities. You will also be educated about the process of learning to fly before making a commitment. This is an education into your future! Our orientation process is just one of the many aspects that are unique to the way Century Air operates. For this and for many other reasons, we have an extremely high success rate for pilots achieving their aviation goals, and why we are able to offer you Excellence in Aviation Training.