# Tailwind Boston Seaplane Base (MA17)

**Tailwind Boston Seaplane Base** (FAA: MA17) is a seaplane base in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It opened in Jan 2017. It has one runway, 3,000 ft (914 m) long, water.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0568

## At a glance

- FAA: MA17
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Opened: Jan 2017
- Elevation: 0 ft / 0 m
- Coordinates: 42.3516, -71.0250
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 ft / 914 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61672783
- Weather station: KBOS · WMO 72509
- Ident: US-0568

## Timeline

- Jan 2017: Tailwind Boston Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14W/32W | 3,000 ft / 914 m | 1,000 ft / 305 m | Water |  |  |

## Nearby airports

- [BOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbos.md) Boston Logan International Airport · 1.1 mi / 1.8 km
- [OWD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kowd.md) Norwood Memorial Airport · 13 mi / 22 km
- [BED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbed.md) Laurence G Hanscom Field · 16 mi / 25 km
- [BVY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbvy.md) Beverly Regional Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [LWM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klwm.md) Lawrence Municipal Airport · 26 mi / 41 km
- [ORH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/korh.md) Worcester Regional Airport · 44 mi / 71 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0568/data