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Newark Liberty International Airport
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KEWR
Airport | |
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ICAO: KEWR – IATA: EWR | |
Summary | |
Name | Newark Liberty International Airport |
Region | North America |
Territory | United States ![]() |
Location | Newark, New Jersey |
Serving | Newark |
Elevation | 5.486 m <br />18 ft <br />18 ft5.486 m <br /> |
Coordinates | 40° 41' 23.53" N, 74° 10' 41.56" W |
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METAR | |
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Observation | KEWR 180351Z 23009KT 10SM FEW050 OVC070 05/M03 A2973 RMK AO2 SLP066 T00501033
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Station | Newark, Newark International Airport |
Date/Time | 18 January 2021 03:51:00 |
Wind direction | 230° |
Wind speed | 09 kts |
Lowest cloud amount | few clouds |
Temperature | 5°C |
Dew point | |
Humidity | 54% |
QNH | hPa |
Weather condition | n/a |
LOS | |
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Tag(s) | Parallel Runway Operation |
RE | |
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Tag(s) | Engineered Materials Arresting System |
EMAS | |
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Rwy(s) | 29 |
Newark Liberty International Airport
ICAO: KEWR IATA: EWR
Description
Newark Liberty International Airport (IATA: EWR), first named Newark Airport and later Newark International Airport, is an international airport within the city limits of both Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States (although it is entirely owned by the city of Newark). It is about 24 km12.959 nm <br />24,000 m <br />78,740.158 ft <br /> southwest of Midtown Manhattan (New York City).
Climatology
Humid “subtropical” climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) - characterized by hot, humid summers and cool winters. Significant amounts of precipitation occur in all seasons in most areas. Winter rainfall (and sometimes snowfall) is associated with large storms that the westerlies steer from west to east. Most summer rainfall occurs during thunderstorms.
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Airport Layout
Accidents & Serious Incidents at or in vicinity of KEWR
- B735, Newark NJ USA, 2006 (On 21 August 2006, a Boeing 737-500 suffered a nose landing gear collapse during towing at the Newark Liberty International Airport. A technical crew was repositioning the aircraft in visual meteorological conditions during the occurrence. No persons were injured and minor aircraft damage occurred.)
- B752, Newark NJ USA, 2006 (On 28 October 2006, a Boeing 757-200 being flown by two experienced pilots but both with low hours on type was cleared to make a circling approach onto runway 29 at Newark in night VMC but lined up and landed without event on the parallel taxiway. They then did not report their error and ATC did not notice it after Airport Authority personnel who had observed it advised ATC accordingly, the pilots admitted their error.)