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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 .
Sikorsky Airport can refer to: Sikorsky Memorial Airport , public airport in Fairfield County, Connecticut , United States Igor Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport , international airport in Kyiv, Ukraine
The Connecticut Air & Space Center is an aviation museum located near Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford, Connecticut, that is focused on the history of aviation in Connecticut. Founded by George Gunther in 1998 after the closing of the Stratford Army Engine Plant , it occupied buildings 6 and 53 of the complex from 2001 until 2022.
KBDR (BDR) – Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport – Bridgeport, Connecticut; KBDU – Boulder Municipal Airport – Boulder, Colorado; KBEC (BEC) – Beech Factory Airport – Wichita, Kansas; KBED (BED) – Laurence G. Hanscom Field – Bedford, Massachusetts; KBEH (BEH) – Southwest Michigan Regional Airport – Benton Harbor, Michigan
Route 113 begins at an intersection with I-95 (Exit 30) at the Bridgeport-Stratford town line and heads east into Stratford as Lordship Boulevard. It then heads southeast along the western boundary of Sikorsky Memorial Airport, then turns east, still encircling the airport, along Oak Bluff Avenue and Prospect Drive.
Tailwind Air LLC was an American commuter scheduled air carrier and charter airline based in Westchester Airport and Sikorsky Memorial Airport.Its main seaplane base was New York Skyports Seaplane Base (NYS) and it also owned its own Boston Harbor seaplane base (MA17), near Logan International Airport in Boston. [5]
The Sikorsky VS-44 was a large four-engined flying boat built in the United States in the early 1940s by Sikorsky Aircraft. Based on the XPBS-1 patrol bomber, the VS-44 was designed primarily for the transatlantic passenger market, with a capacity of 40+ passengers.
The fleet consisted of three 8-seat Sikorsky S-76 dual-engine helicopters with first-class executive leather interiors, each operated by two pilots. US Helicopter was the only scheduled helicopter airline service in the United States certified by both the United States Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration .