Bridgeport/Sikorsky Airport
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Bridgeport/Sikorsky Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Bridgeport, 3 miles southeast of Bridgeport, Connecticut, 8 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 4,759 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBDR · observed 5:52 pm EDT (21:52 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (300°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 60°F (16°C), dew point 32°F (0°C)
- Altimeter 30.04 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 3:53 pm EDT (19:53 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 4:00 pm EDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 11 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm EDT (01:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBDR 062152Z 30007KT 10SM CLR 16/00 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP173 T01560000 $
TAF KBDR 061953Z 0620/0718 30011KT P6SM SKC FM062200 30005KT P6SM SKC FM070100 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM071400 21008KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BDR · ICAO KBDR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Bridgeport
- Elevation
- 8 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:30 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 12:00 am
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 4,759 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 4,677 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: PAPI, four lights on the right, trees 35 ft high 500 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 364 ft, 4,395 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 06: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, road 19 ft high 480 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 320 ft, 4,357 ft available for landing, road 19 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.9 | Bridgeport |
| UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Bdr and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.15 | Bridgeport |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.75 | Bridgeport |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery · Denna and star When bdr tower closed | 124.075 | Bridgeport |
| Bdr and vot | 109.25 | |
| Bridgeport and rco | 122.2 | Bridgeport |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 203-881-6680.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Bridgeport from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Bridgeport, Connecticut: 2 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Connecticut.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 31 since 1982, 6 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- When the control tower closed, activate runway end identifier lights runway 06 and 24, 11 and 29; PAPI runway 06, 11 and 29; high-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 and 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- Parking fee all aircraft aft 2 hours. Landing fee all aircraft except solo students.
- Sngl eng aircraft 1000 feet above ground level; all others 1500 feet above ground level.
- Approach ratio 34:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- Extensive hop below 10000 feet 5-15 MI northwest through northeast, for traffic information when in the vicinity of airport contact Sikorsky operations on 133.6/305.8 (7:00 am to 4:30 pm).
- When winds are less than 5 kts rqstd use of runway 11 or 29.
- Birds and wildlife fqtly on and in the vicinity of airport.
- There may be standing water adjacent to all surfaces.
- Avoid overflying resl areas northeast and southeast of airport. Departing runway 24 avoid turns until 1/2 mile beyond shoreline.
- When the control tower closed all eng runups are prohibited. Hwvr, if an aircraft rqrs nighttime eng maintenance, prior permission required from amgr is required and runups are to be performed on taxiway G between J and K. pilots are advised to use care psng their aircraft to prevent dmg from prop wash to afld sign.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.