Operated by - The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has operated Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) under a lease with the City of Newark since March 22, 1948.

Location - EWR is located in Essex and Union Counties between the New Jersey Turnpike (accessible from Exits 13A and 14), U.S. Routes 1 & 9 and I-78. EWR is about 16 miles from midtown Manhattan. It's geographic reference points are: 40° 41' 36" north, 74° 10' 7" west.

Size - EWR consists of about 2,027 acres of which the Port Authority acquired 880 of those acres when it began operation of the airport in 1948. The airport is 18.3 feet above sea level. History - Opened on October 1, 1928, EWR, the metropolitan region's first major airport, was built by the City of Newark on 68 acres of marshland and quickly became the world's busiest commercial airport. During World War II, the Army Air Corps operated it. In 1948, the Port Authority assumed responsibility for operation and development.