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New Hibiscus Airpark

X52 · Vero Beach, Florida · Indian River County · map

New Hibiscus Airpark is a public-use airport owned by Indian River Flying Services, INC, 7 miles west of Vero Beach, Florida, 25 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,120 feet of grass.

The airport

Codes
FAA X52
Kind
Airport · open to the public · privately owned
Owner
Indian River Flying Services, INC
Elevation
25 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
every day, unattnd
Repairs
airframe: none; engine: none
Parking
hangar
On the chart
Miami sectional
Magnetic variation
3W
In the FAA's files since
July 1974

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1836N1,000 ft

Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
18/363,120 × 150 ftGrass, fair
  • Runway 18: building 15 ft high 300 ft from the end
  • Runway 36: threshold displaced 200 ft, brush 15 ft high 195 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com

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Aircraft registered in Vero Beach from the FAA register

559 aircraft are registered to owners in Vero Beach, Florida: 411 piston singles, 65 piston twins, 40 turboprops, 18 business jets, 14 helicopters. 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:

Piper Aircraft INC 201Skyborne Airline Academy INC 64Paris Air INC 55Wolfenden Enterprises INC 5Derby City Aviation LLC 4Treasure Coast Soaring Club INC 3Tomalar INC 3Rst Aviation LLC 3Pink Ibis Air LLC 3Euroair Consultants LLC 3

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 since 1982, 1 fatal

2024-12-06ERA25FA066 · Schleicher Asw24 N244RW · accident · 1 killed
2023-04-08ERA23LA211 · Aeropilot S R O Legend 600 N600LD · accident · minor injuries
1998-01-20ATL98LA035 · Piper J5-A N38645 · accident · no injuries
1988-04-10MIA88FA142 · Cessna 172N N6283F · accident · serious injuries
1986-08-23MIA86FA239 · Piper J3C-65 N23266 · accident · serious injuries
1983-07-08MIA83FA178 · Gilbert L. Houston Moni N64GM · accident · serious injuries
1983-04-06MIA83LA112 · Cessna 150 N61113 · accident · no injuries

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

  • Public use/VFR weather conditions.
  • Extv crop dusting operations.
  • Airport phys ads: 1890 98TH ave Vero Beach, FL 32966.
  • Runway 18/36 runway ends marked with 3 orange cones either side.
  • Runway 18/36 runway edges marked with orange cones.
  • 22 feet building 480 feet from eor runway 18 170 feet L of centerline.
  • Runway 18/36 trees 150 feet of centerline both sides entire length of runway.
  • Glider activity in the vicinity of of airport.

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.