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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Bridgeport | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Sikorsky Memorial Airport Operations and Safety Department | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Bridgeport, Connecticut | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Stratford, Connecticut | ||||||||||||||
| Hub for | Tailwind Air Service | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 9 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°09′48″N 073°07′34″W / 41.16333°N 73.12611°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | bridgeportct.gov/airport | ||||||||||||||
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Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport (IATA: BDR, ICAO: KBDR, FAA LID: BDR) is a public airport in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States,[1] owned by the city of Bridgeport. It is three miles (6 km) southeast of downtown,[1] in the town of Stratford. It was formerly Bridgeport Municipal Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2] It has three fixed-base operators (FBOs) and several private hangars.
In 2016 Tailwind Air Service started seaplane flights between Sikorsky and the New York Skyports Seaplane Base in central Manhattan.[3]
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for BDR PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
- ^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "Flight Review: Tailwind, New York Skyports Seaplane Base to Stratford, CT, USA - Fly Tailwind". flytailwind.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12.