Cape May Airport Cape May County Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Delaware River and Bay Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Cape May, New Jersey Wildwood, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Lower Township, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 21 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°00′31″N 074°54′31″W / 39.00861°N 74.90861°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | CapeMayAirport.com | ||||||||||||||
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Cape May Airport[3] or Cape May County Airport[1][2] (IATA: WWD[4], ICAO: KWWD, FAA LID: WWD) is a public use airport in Lower Township,[5][6] Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.[1] Owned by the Delaware River and Bay Authority, the airport is four nautical miles (7 km) northwest of the central business district of Wildwood.[1]
It is in Lower Township; the airport is located near the Rio Grande census-designated place, which is mostly in Middle Township and partly in Lower Township. The airport has an Erma address but is not in the CDP.[7][8][9] In some documents it is called Wildwood Airport.[10]
This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[11]
Hangar #1 contains the Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum, whose collection focuses on World War II, named after the former Naval Air Station Wildwood.
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for WWD – Cape May County PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 10, 2023.
- ^ a b "Cape May Airport County Airport (WWD)" (PDF). Airport Directory. New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
- ^ a b "Cape May Airport". Delaware River and Bay Authority. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (WWD: Wildwood / Cape May County)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
- ^ "Zoning Map" (PDF). Lower Township. Retrieved 2020-09-23. - The zoning map shows the airport in the township boundaries.
See also: "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Lower township, NJ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1 (PDF p. 2/6). Retrieved 2022-08-21.Cape May County Arprt
2010 map index and 2010 map page 1, which also shows the airport - ^ "Airport Operations." Cape May Airport. Retrieved on August 15, 2018. "Cape May Airport (WWD) 507 Terminal Drive, Bldg. 102 Rio Grande, NJ 08242"
- ^ Linehan, Mary. "Air station looks to solve identity crisis" Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, The Cape May Gazette, April 30, 2013. Accessed May 4, 2013. "According to the DRBA maintained website for the Cape May Airport, 'this well-maintained 1,000-acre general aviation airport' is located in Rio Grande, New Jersey, approximately five miles from Cape May. The site does list the airport’s address as being in Erma. Rio Grande is part of Middle Township and Erma is in Lower Township."
- ^ General information about Cape May Airport (WWD) Archived July 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Delaware River and Bay Authority. Accessed June 22, 2007. "This well-maintained, 1,000-acre general aviation airport located in Rio Grande, New Jersey, approximately 5 miles from Cape May, has two runways, six taxiways and three aircraft parking ramps."
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Rio Grande CDP, NJ." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 15, 2018. and "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Erma CDP, NJ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2020-09-23. -- Note: The airport is outside of the U.S. government census-designated places of Erma and Rio Grande, though other sources describe it as being in Rio Grande.
- ^ United States Congress (1955). Hearings, Volume 3. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 4475.
[...], Wildwood Airport, Rio Grande
- This airport is listed under a New Jersey column - ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.