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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

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1634N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
16/344,055 × 75 ftAsphalt, excellentMedium-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:

Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office 4Nextera Energy Equipment Leasing LLC 4Aerovision LLC 4Home Cloud Aviation LLC 3High Road Time LLC 3Health Care District of Palm Beach County 3Commander Aircraft Services INC 3Winnepeg LLC 2Southern Turf Services LLC 2South Florida Water Mgmt District 2

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:

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

2020-07-19ERA20CA256 · Cessna 172 N1655V · accident · serious injuries
2018-08-17ERA18TA222 · Globe Gc1B N80932 · accident · serious injuries
2014-10-25ERA15LA060 · Bell 206B N418SV · accident · no injuries
2014-02-17ERA14FA123 · Williams Christopher T Sonex N732SX · accident · 1 killed
2013-06-03ERA13CA278 · Piper Pa-46-500Tp N21EP · accident · no injuries
2012-03-23ERA12LA250 · Piper Pa46 N21EP · accident · serious injuries
2007-08-19ATL07LA116 · Niva Thorp T-18 N6GN · accident · 2 killed
2003-10-26MIA04LA012 · Headburg Rv6 N331JH · accident · no injuries
1997-12-22ATL98LA029 · Lutz Eaa Biplane P-2 N913AM · accident · 1 killed

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.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

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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.