Cape May Airport

Cape May Airport Cape May County Airport
FAA runway diagram
IATA: WWD ICAO: KWWD FAA LID: WWD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Delaware River and Bay Authority
Serves	Wildwood, New Jersey
Location	Cape May County
Elevation AMSL	21 ft / 6 m
Coordinates	39°00′31″N 074°54′31″W / 39.00861°N 74.90861°W / 39.00861; -74.90861Coordinates: 39°00′31″N 074°54′31″W / 39.00861°N 74.90861°W / 39.00861; -74.90861
Website	CapeMayAirport.com
Map
WWD Location in Cape May County, New Jersey
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 1/19 5,003 1,525 Asphalt 10/28 4,998 1,523 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 30,200 Based aircraft 48
Sources: FAA,NJDOT,DRBA

Cape May Airport or Cape May County Airport (IATA: WWD, ICAO: KWWD, FAA LID: WWD) is a public use airport in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. Owned by the Delaware River and Bay Authority, the airport is four nautical miles (7 km) northwest of the central business district of Wildwood. It is located in Rio Grande (Middle Township), with an address in Erma (Lower Township).

This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

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.

The airport started in 1941 as NAS Rio Grande, named for its location near Rio Grande, New Jersey. Due to confusion with Rio Grande, Texas, the name was changed to NAS Wildwood in 1943. Following the end of World War II, Naval Air Station Wildwood was deemed excess to U.S. Navy requirements. It was subsequently deeded to the local government for transition to a civilian airport which is still in operation today as Cape May County Airport.