Wellington Aero Club Airport
FD38 · West Palm Beach, Florida · Palm Beach County · map
Wellington Aero Club Airport is a private airport owned by Wellington Aero Club Poa, 11 miles west of West Palm Beach, Florida, 20 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 4,055 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1).
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 FD38
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Wellington Aero Club Poa
- Elevation
- 20 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1; the services card below
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1985
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 4,055 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: tri-color on the left, power line 50 ft high 1,500 ft from the end
- Runway 34: power line 35 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: President Donald J Trump International (11 nm east), Palm Beach County Park (12 nm east), North Palm Beach County General Aviation (13 nm north).
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, letter of agreement with West Palm Beach the control tower before operations begin.
- DUSK-2300; after 0000 activate rotating beacon - 118.5.
- 118.075 AWOS-1.
- DUSK-2300; after 0000 activate medium-intensity runway lights 16/34 and tril runways 16 and 34 - 118.5.
- 122.850 the common traffic frequency
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in West Palm Beach from the FAA register
189 aircraft are registered to owners in West Palm Beach, Florida: 86 piston singles, 43 business jets, 20 piston twins, 20 helicopters, 8 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 West Palm Beach, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Faith Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Wellington, 2 miles away
- Lantana Beach Flying Club 1 aircraft · West Palm Beach, 13 miles away Palm Beach Flight Club is a flying club based at North County Airport (F45) in West Palm Beach, Florida, offering aircraft rentals to members.
- Saratoga Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · West Palm Beach, 13 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in West Palm Beach:
- Hera Flight, LLC 20 aircraft on the certificate Hera Flight is a private aviation company based in Clearwater, Florida, offering on-demand charter flights, jet card membership programs, aircraft management services, and aircraft sales and acquisitions.
- Health Care District of Palm Beach County 2 aircraft on the certificate
- Barefoot Air Charters, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in West Palm Beach (12 of 13, all of them):
- Big Sky Aviation INC Big Sky Aviation is a full-service aircraft maintenance company operating from three Florida locations (West Palm Beach, Melbourne, and Clearwater) and providing mobile repair services across Florida and beyond.
- Flight Line Avionics Palm Beach Avionics is an FAA-approved repair station providing avionics repair, aircraft maintenance, custom avionics installations, and aircraft parts sales for private and commercial aircraft in South Florida and beyond.
- Gulfstream Product Support Corporation
- Hood Aircraft LLC
- Infinity Aircraft Services, LLC Empire Aviation USA is an FAA Part 145 repair station based at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, providing scheduled maintenance, inspections, AOG support, avionics services, and aircraft detailing.
- Jet Access Maintenance LLC Jet Access is a vertically integrated aviation company offering private jet charter, aircraft management, maintenance and repair, flight training, aircraft sales, and FBO services.
- Jet East INC West Star Aviation is a full-service aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) provider with locations across the United States, Canada, and Latin America.
- Palm Beach Avionics INC Palm Beach Avionics is an FAA-approved repair station providing avionics repair, aircraft maintenance, custom avionics installations, and aircraft parts sales for private and commercial aircraft in South Florida and beyond.
- Palm Beach County Sheriff'S Office-Aviation Unit
- Precision Turbines INC Precision Turbines Inc.
- Rotortech Services INC
- Scr Leather CORP.
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 · 9 since 1982, 3 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 West Palm Beach 189 aircraft · 86 piston singles, 43 business jets, 20 piston twins
- Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office 4 aircraft in town
- Nextera Energy Equipment Leasing LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Aerovision LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Home Cloud Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Commander Aircraft Services INC 3 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Coons Aircraft Services INC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Hera Flight, LLC 20 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Health Care District of Palm Beach County 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Barefoot Air Charters, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Faith Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Lantana Beach Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Saratoga Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Big Sky Aviation INC · repair station
- Flight Line Avionics · repair station
- Gulfstream Product Support Corporation · repair station
- Hood Aircraft LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,111 since 1982 · 985 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 21,708 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FD38.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 November 11, 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.
