FSX / P3D scenery

FSX Essex County Airport Scenery

Essex County Airport (CDW/KCDW) brings Caldwell, New Jersey to life with a detailed rendition of its two asphalt runways, 4/22 and 10/28, plus improved airport layout and ground features for realistic GA operations in FSX. Expect an authentic local feel that suits everything from pattern work to short hops around the Northeast.

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Images & Screenshots

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A large hangar-style building with Air Bound Aviation and Main Terminal signs is illuminated by multiple spotlights at night.

Several hangars, a control tower, and a terminal building are situated near taxiways and a runway with surrounding trees and distant hills.

A rectangular airport building with multiple garage doors and parked cars stands in front of a larger office complex and several small aircraft.

Essex County Airport NJ (IATA: CDW, ICAO: KCDW, FAA LID: CDW) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) north of the central business district of Caldwell, a borough of northwestern Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is owned by the Essex County Improvement Authority. The airport has two asphalt runways, 4/22 and 10/28. Created by John B. Loney, Jr.

Screenshot of Essex County Airport scenery.

In April 1929 Essex Airport Corporation was formed by Walter Marvin and six other individuals. The intention of the company was to open an airport to serve Montclair, New Jersey, a town seven miles (11 km) away. The tract of land that Essex Airport Corporation intended for the airport was the Fairfield Dairy Company land that had also been used during WWI as a temporary airfield for the Naval Rifle Range which had been located along the Passaic River in Pine Brook. Some of the early references to airport have the designation 'Marvin Airport', named after Walter Marvin.

The airport gained national attention when John F. Kennedy, Jr., who based his private aircraft there, crashed hours after departing the airport en route for Martha's Vineyard Airport with his wife and sister-in-law on July 16, 1999.

ABOUT THE SCENERY:

I live in New Jersey and that's probably why I've done so many of New Jersey's airports. However, I was reminded not too long ago that I had not designed Essex County Airport.

How did that happen? There was only one thing to do and that was to get busy and design Essex County. Most of my work has been for FS9 with a few designs modified for FSX. But, this airport is strictly for FSX. (At this time, I'm not sure if I will design an FS9 version for those still flying it. We'll see.)

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File information

Filename

essex_county_airport_kcdw_fsx.zip

File size

3.39 MB

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Access

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Content rating

Everyone

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How to install this mod

FSX / P3D scenery

Extract the downloaded archive

Use 7-Zip (free) or WinRAR to extract the ZIP to a temporary folder. Don't install while still zipped — the simulator can't read inside ZIP files.
Place scenery in Addon Scenery

Create a folder under FSX\Addon Scenery\ containing scenery and texture sub-folders.
Activate in Scenery Library

In FSX, go to Settings → Scenery Library → Add Area. Higher priority means it overrides lower entries for the same location.
Always read the included readme

Every mod ships with a readme.txt or README file. It tells you exactly where files go, what dependencies are needed, and any quirks specific to this add-on.

Finding the scenery

Use these coordinates to fly directly to this location once the mod is installed.

FSX / Prepar3D coordinates (or generate a flight plan)

40.87520000,-74.28140000

Decimal degrees

40.875200°, -74.281400°

Degrees, minutes, seconds

40° 52' 30.720" N 74° 16' 53.040" W

Launch FSX or Prepar3D and use Flights → Load to open the downloaded .pln file. Your aircraft will be positioned at this location.

What’s inside this archive

The archive essex_county_airport_kcdw_fsx.zip has 11 files and directories contained within it.

File Contents

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Filename/Directory	File Date	File Size
screenshots.zip	03.27.12	672.51 kB
FILE_ID.DIZ	03.27.12	379 B
kcdw_fs_3.jpg	03.27.12	44.56 kB
kcdw_fs_8.jpg	03.27.12	57.05 kB
essex_county_airport_fsx_scenery.zip	03.31.12	2.03 MB
lacy's_lights.zip	04.01.12	3.32 kB
kcdw_lacy's light beams.jpg	04.01.12	62.25 kB
readme.txt	04.01.12	7.84 kB
Readme.doc	04.01.12	698.00 kB
flyawaysimulation.txt	10.29.13	959 B
Go to Fly Away Simulation.url	01.22.16	52 B