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
- 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
- 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
Aircraft registered in Jupiter from the FAA register
189 aircraft are registered to owners in Jupiter, Florida: 116 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR, pvt use only.
- Activate rotating beacon - 122.9.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - 122.9.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.