Bridgeport/Sikorsky Airport
BDR · KBDR · Bridgeport, Connecticut · Fairfield County · map
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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 155 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 1 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 73,526 takeoffs and landings a year. About 489 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Bridgeport/Sikorsky Airport?
Its FAA code is BDR, and its ICAO code is KBDR.
Where is Bridgeport/Sikorsky Airport?
It is 3 miles southeast of Bridgeport, Connecticut, 8 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Bridgeport/Sikorsky Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 11/29, is 4,759 feet long.
Does Bridgeport/Sikorsky Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Bridgeport/Sikorsky Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Bridgeport/Sikorsky Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Toronto, Nantucket Memorial, Block Island State, Nashville International, Farnborough. Every route
Are there flight schools at Bridgeport/Sikorsky Airport?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Three Wing Flight School LLC and Avia Flight Academy LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Bridgeport/Sikorsky Airport?
12 pilot examiners and 47 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Bridgeport/Sikorsky Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Tweed/New Haven Airport (12 nm northeast), Waterbury-Oxford Airport (19 nm north), Danbury Municipal (20 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Connecticut · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 27 departures from BDR in those twelve months, carrying 77 passengers in 219 seats (35% filled), to 18 destinations (3 abroad) on 5 airlines.
All 18 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 107 |
| multi-engine | 10 |
| jets | 27 |
| helicopters | 10 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 73,526, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 2 |
| air taxi and commuter | 2,333 |
| general aviation, travelling | 26,078 |
| general aviation, local | 44,929 |
| military | 184 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Connecticut.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Three Wing Flight School LLC 7 aircraft · Stratford, 1 mile away
- Avia Flight Academy LLC 6 aircraft · Stratford, 1 mile away Avia Flight Academy is a flight school operating from two locations in Connecticut—Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford and Waterbury-Oxford Airport in Oxford.
- Nutmeg Flying Club 1 aircraft · Stratford, 1 mile away
- Spirit of Meriden Flight Club INC 1 aircraft · Orange, 10 miles away
Repair stations in Bridgeport:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
12 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 11 for private pilot, 11 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 11 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 9 for airplanes, 8 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 47 aviation medical examiners, 16 mechanic examiners, 6 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 5 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 10 engineering representatives, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 33 training center evaluators, 5 training center examiners.
- Christopher R Hand private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · oxford airport · oxford, CT (19 nm) · (914) 548-5191 · [email protected]
- Neil Devon Rose private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · ATP Flight School · Ronkonkoma, NY (21 nm) · (718) 868-8855 · [email protected]
- P Rivera-Hagarty private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lake Ronkonkoma, NY (21 nm) · (631) 836-2147 · [email protected]
- Michael Patrick Hughes private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Holtsville, NY (22 nm) · (516) 901-0982 · [email protected]
- Eduardo Sosa private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Farmingdale, NY (29 nm) · (516) 384-3548 · [email protected]
- Ioannis Charalambous private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Farmingdale, NY (29 nm) · (631) 879-3120 · [email protected]
- Marina Petkova Dimitrova private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Republic Airport · Farmingdale, NY (29 nm) · (347) 432-8332 · [email protected]
- Stephen Vincent Campbell private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Farmingdale, NY (29 nm) · (516) 965-7635 · [email protected]
All 138 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Bridgeport 5 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 piston twins
- Three Wing Flight School LLC 7 aircraft · flight school
- Avia Flight Academy LLC 6 aircraft · flight school
- Nutmeg Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Rotair Aerospace Corporation · repair station
- Toronto (YYZ) 4 flights in twelve months · Chartright Air Inc.
- Nantucket Memorial (ACK) 3 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Block Island State (BID) 2 flights in twelve months · LIMA NY Corp d/b/a Fly The Whale
- Nashville International (BNA) 2 flights in twelve months · Chartright Air Inc.
- Farnborough (FAB) 2 flights in twelve months · VistaJet Limited
- Myrtle Beach International (MYR) 2 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Coatesville (CTH) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Cape Cod Gateway (HYA) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 31 since 1982 · 6 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Connecticut 521 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Connecticut 22 landing places
- Connecticut 1,609 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BDR.json.
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 26, 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.