A tailplane, also known as a horizontal stabiliser, is a small lifting surface located on the tail (empennage) behind the main lifting surfaces of a fixed-wing aircraft as well as other non-fixed-wing aircraft such as helicopters and gyroplanes.
Tailplane (ekor pesawat terbang), juga dikenal sebagai stabilizer horizontal, adalah permukaan angkat (lift surface) kecil yang terletak di ekor (empennage) di belakang permukaan angkat (lift surface) utama dari sebuah pesawat sayap tetap maupun pesawat sayap non-tetap lainnya seperti helikopter dan gyroplanes.