a wind that is blowing in the same direction as the one in which you are going

Thanks to a following wind, we arrived in Madrid fifteen minutes early.

Of course, we were hoping for a following wind.

With luck - and a following wind - we might get there by midday.

With a following wind, it's a fairly easy ride.

Grandad's car could only do 40 kilometres an hour downhill with a following wind.

See also: following adjective