KBDR
Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport
VFR
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Name
Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
KBDR / BDR / KBDR
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- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
1:54 pm (EST)
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Municipality
Bridgeport
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Coordinates
41° 9′ 48″ N 73° 7′ 34″ E
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Elevation
9 ft (3 m MSL)
About Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport
Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport (IATA: BDR, ICAO: KBDR, FAA LID: BDR) is a public airport in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, owned by the city of Bridgeport. It is three miles (6 km) southeast of downtown, 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. 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.