[2] The airport is named for the nearby Chesapeake Bay Bridge and is mostly used for general aviation.Bay Bridge Airport covers an area of 72 acres (29 ha) and contains one asphalt runway (11/29) measuring 2,714 x 60 ft (827 x 18 m).For the 12-month period ending July 7, 2023, the airport had 35,280 aircraft operations, an average of 97 per day: 99% general aviation and <1% air taxi.[2] One resident of Bay Bridge Airport is Trident Aircraft, a flight school that caters to all pilots.The flight school employs multiple flight instructors and boasts a rental fleet of fixed-gear Cessna aircraft, a Piper Arrow, a twin-engine Beechcraft Duchess, a Super Decathlon for aerobatic and tailwheel training, and at least one Cirrus aircraft.