KCDW Essex County

PROBABLE 70%

Runway 4 — wind slightly favors it, low confidence

Based mostly on wind; no traffic or ATIS to confirm. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency.

certainty: 70% evidence: WEAK Class D

Wind 020° true at 9 kt · VFR · 23 min old · from KEWR (12.6 nm away)

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4 78% 4552 ft · 9 kt head, 2 kt x-left

10 22% 3719 ft · 4 kt head, 8 kt x-left

28 0% 3719 ft · 4 kt TAIL, 8 kt x-right · right traffic

22 <1% 4552 ft · 9 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-right · right traffic

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 4

WIND 9 kt headwind, 1 kt left crosswind 23 min ago +1.82
PRIOR runway length 4552 ft +0.02

Runway 10

WIND 4 kt headwind, 8 kt left crosswind 23 min ago +0.60
PRIOR runway length 3719 ft -0.02

Runway 28

WIND 4 kt TAILWIND, 8 kt right crosswind 23 min ago -3.19
PRIOR runway length 3719 ft -0.02

Runway 22

WIND 9 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt right crosswind 23 min ago -11.84
ADSB_OP aircraft departed 22 21 min ago +0.34
PRIOR runway length 4552 ft +0.02

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	23 min	Nearest station KEWR (12.6 nm away)
ADSB	OK	2 min	GOOD
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

time	aircraft	type	op	rwy	conf
10:52Z	aircraft	C172	departure	22	57%

Was this right?

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 4,662 operations this service has observed at KCDW since 2026-08-25:

4 48% 2233 ops
22 44% 2072 ops
28 7% 321 ops
10 1% 36 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