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KBDR — Bridgeport/Sikorsky
Bridgeport, CT · field elevation 9 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
2 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
KBDR current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KBDR 252352Z 04019G31KT 10SM OVC085 19/04 A3000 RMK AO2 PK WND 04035/2339 RAE2256 SLP158 P0000 60000 T01890044 10206 20189 53002 $
- Wind
- from 040° at 19 kt, gusting 31 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 8,500 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 19 °C / dewpoint 4 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Density altitude
- 375 ft · pressure altitude -71 ft
- Observed
- 4 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 040° at 19 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 06 | 19 kt head | 2 kt from the left |
| 11 | 10 kt head | 16 kt from the left |
| 29 | 10 kt tail | 16 kt from the right |
| 24 | 19 kt tail | 2 kt from the right |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
12 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 900–39,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KBDR 252331Z 2600/2624 03022G33KT P6SM -RA SCT035 OVC070 FM260400 03024G34KT 6SM -RA SCT025 OVC035 WS020/02045KT FM261100 03023G37KT 6SM -RA OVC025 WS020/03050KT FM261700 02024G39KT 5SM -RA OVC015 WS020/02045KT
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 41.16348, -73.12618
- Elevation
- 9 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1043Z / 2244Z
- Tower hours
- 0630-2200
- Magnetic variation
- 13°W (1980)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- New York
- County
- Fairfield, CT
Airport diagram
Everything else KBDR publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 4,759 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 06/24 | 4,677 | 100 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 119.15
- Tower 0630-2200
- 120.9
- Ground
- 121.75
- Clearance
- 121.75
- Clearance WHEN BDR TWR CLSD
- 124.075
- CTAF
- 120.9
- UNICOM
- 123.0
- Approach
- 124.075
Published procedures
- 5 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS)
- 1 departure published
- 2 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KHVN Tweed/New Haven12 nm
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- KISP Long Island Mac Arthur22 nm
- KHWV Brookhaven24 nm
- KMMK Meriden Markham Muni25 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KBDR airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Connecticut airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.