Bay Bridge Airport is a county-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located in Stevensville

Stevensville, Maryland

Stevensville is a census-designated place in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, and is the county's most populous place among both CDPs and municipalities. The Stevensville Historic District is one of only two registered historic districts in the county, the other being the Centreville Historic...

, Maryland

Maryland

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. The airport is named for the nearby Chesapeake Bay Bridge

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is a major dual-span bridge in the U.S. state of Maryland. Spanning the Chesapeake Bay, it connects the state's rural Eastern Shore region with the more urban Western Shore. The original span opened in 1952 and, at the time, with a length of , it was the world's longest...

 and is mostly used for general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

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Bay Bridge Airport was home to Lynn Aviation, the personal company of famed aerobatic pilot Nancy Lynn

Nancy Lynn

Nancy A. Lynn was born in Dayton, Ohio. A graduate of Denison University, entrepreneur, public speaker, actor, and pilot, Lynn is most well known for her role as an aerobatic pilot and flight instructor...

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Facilities and aircraft

Bay Bridge Airport covers an area of 72 acres (29.1 ha) and contains one asphalt

Asphalt

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 runway

Runway

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 (11/29) measuring 2,903 x 60 ft (885 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending July 15, 2007, the airport had 46,000 aircraft operations for an average of 126 per day: 99.6% general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

 and 0.4% air taxi

Air taxi

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. There are 89 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single-engine and 11% multi-engine.

Flight schools

The most prominent resident of Bay Bridge Airport is Trident Aircraft, a flight school that caters to all pilots. Trident Aircraft currently trains midshipmen from the nearby U.S. Naval Academy

United States Naval Academy

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 to prepare them for further training at the Pensacola Naval Air Station

Naval Air Station Pensacola

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. The flight school employs multiple flight instructors and boasts a rental fleet of fixed-gear Cessna

Cessna

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 aircraft, a Piper Arrow, a twin-engine Beechcraft

Beechcraft

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 Duchess

Beechcraft Duchess

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, a Super Decathlon for aerobatic and tailwheel training, and at least one Cirrus

Cirrus Design

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 aircraft. Trident provides primary instruction through ATP, and is an authorized Cirrus training center.

Also operating out of Bay Bridge airport is Chesapeake Sport Pilot, which provides light sport instruction and light sport aircraft rental. The current fleet includes: Tecnam Sierra, Tecnam Eaglet

Tecnam P92

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, Tecnam Echo Super

Tecnam P92

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, and Sky Arrow aircraft.