Newark

New York, US.

Code
EWR
Position
40.690, -74.174
Runway
2,070 m paved
Capacity
About 3,200 movements a week, 26 stands, terminal generation 2
Weather
Worst month loses about 1.6% of flights
Confidence
estimated (to be verified). Coordinates agree with published sources to within about 2.5 km. Other figures are estimates unless the evidence below says otherwise.

Source: Coordinates and selected runway and terminal facts checked against published sources, see evidence. Capacity, passenger and weather figures are estimates.

Evidence

Facts checked against published sources. Where a source gives a present day figure for a field that has changed, the game value is kept and the difference is noted in the repository file docs/research/airport-verification.json.

FieldYearChecked valueAgreementSource
runwayLengthM19522134closeen.wikipedia.org
other1960Control tower opened 18 January 1960; terminal expanded from 26 to 32 gates in 1965; the North Terminal dates from 1953. The airport was closed to airlines from February to November 1952 after three cnewen.wikipedia.org