Tailwinds Airport
FD15 · Jupiter, Florida · Martin County · map
Tailwinds Airport is a private airport owned by Tailwinds Homeowners Assoc, 5 miles northwest of Jupiter, Florida, 19 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,700 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FD15
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Tailwinds Homeowners Assoc
- Elevation
- 19 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1984
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,700 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 27: threshold displaced 102 ft, bush 30 ft high 700 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: North Palm Beach County General Aviation (8 nm south), Witham Field (12 nm north), President Donald J Trump International (19 nm south), Palm Beach County Park (24 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: North Palm Beach County General Aviation (8 nm south), Indiantown Airport (12 nm west), Witham Field (12 nm north), President Donald J Trump International (19 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Florida · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR, pvt use only.
- Activate rotating beacon - 122.9.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - 122.9.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Jupiter from the FAA register
188 aircraft are registered to owners in Jupiter, Florida: 115 piston singles, 29 business jets, 18 helicopters, 13 piston twins, 9 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Florida.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Jupiter, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Pegasus Aviation Services LLC Pegasus Aero Services is an aviation consultant company with over 30 years of experience in commercial, Department of Defense, and contract aviation operations.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Dolphin Aviation Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Stuart, 14 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Jupiter:
- West Engineering Group LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Jupiter:
- Advanced Air of West Palm Beach, LLC.
- Avstar Fuel Systems, INC AVStar Fuel Systems, Inc.
- Pratt & Whitney West Palm Beach Engine Center
- Sikorsky Aircraft Customer Svc and Completion Cntr
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Jupiter 188 aircraft · 115 piston singles, 29 business jets, 18 helicopters
- Agricultural Air Services LLC 14 aircraft in town
- Southern Cubs LLC 7 aircraft in town
- Blue Water Aviation INC 3 aircraft in town
- Thorpe LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Pegasus Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- West Engineering Group LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Dolphin Aviation Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Advanced Air of West Palm Beach, LLC. · repair station
- Avstar Fuel Systems, INC · repair station
- Pratt & Whitney West Palm Beach Engine Center · repair station
- Sikorsky Aircraft Customer Svc and Completion Cntr · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 982 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,706 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FD15.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 28, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.