Martha's Vineyard Airport

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Cape Air plane at Martha's Vineyard Airport ramp in 2001
Marthas Vineyard Airport
Martha's Vineyard Airport Logo.jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerDukes County
OperatorMartha's Vineyard Airport Commission
ServesDukes County, Massachusetts
LocationVineyard Haven, Massachusetts
Hub forCape Air
Focus city forNantucket Airlines
Tradewind Aviation
Elevation AMSL67 ft / 20 m
Coordinates41°23′35″N 070°36′52″W / 41.39306°N 70.61444°W / 41.39306; -70.61444Coordinates: 41°23′35″N 070°36′52″W / 41.39306°N 70.61444°W / 41.39306; -70.61444
WebsiteMVYairport.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
MVY is located in Massachusetts
MVY
MVY
Location of airport in Massachusetts, United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 5,504 1,678 Asphalt
15/33 3,328 1,014 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Aircraft operations40,555
Based aircraft72
Departing passengers (12 months ending July 2019)52,792

Martha's Vineyard Airport (IATA: MVY, ICAO: KMVY, FAA LID: MVY) is a public airport located in the middle of the island of Martha's Vineyard, three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Vineyard Haven, in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States. This airport is owned by Dukes County and lies on the border between the towns of West Tisbury and Edgartown.[1]

It is the largest of three airports and the only one on the island served by airlines. In addition to service from six commercial airlines, it is used by a significant number of general aviation aircraft. The other airports on the Island are Katama Airpark and Trade Wind Airport.

The airport identifier MVY has entered into general use as an abbreviation for the island of Martha's Vineyard and is often used for non-aviation purposes.

Terminal and facilities[]

Martha's Vineyard Airport covers an area of 688 acres (278 ha) it has two asphalt runways;

  • Runway 6/24: 5,504 x 100 ft (1,678 x 30 m), ILS/DME equipped, with approved GPS approaches
  • Runway 15/33: 3,297 x 75 ft (1,005 x 23 m), has approved GPS approaches.

For 12-month period ending March 31, 2017, the airport had 40,555 aircraft operations, an average of 111 per day: 53% general aviation, 43% air taxi, 3% commercial, and <1% military. In November 2017, there were 72 aircraft based at this airport: 59 single engine, 12 multi-engine, and 1 helicopter.[1] The terminal has a restaurant, passenger holding areas, check-in desks, and a small luggage claim. The ramp has the ability to hold up to 50 aircraft with about 15 spots reserved for commercial aviation. The air traffic control tower is open from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm from May 15 - October 21, and from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm from November 1 to May 14.[citation needed]

The airport apron for commercial aircraft has one parking stands that holds 3 aircraft's for Cessna 402, Tecnam P2012 aircraft mainly operated by Cape Air and Nantucket Airlines. There's also five larger parking stands for JetBlue Embraer 190 jets, and A220-300, American Eagle Airlines CRJ-200/CRJ-700/CRJ-900, Embraer 175 regional jets, and Airbus A319, Delta Connection CRJ-200/CRJ-700/CRJ-900, Embraer 175 regional jets, and Airbus A319, and Elite Airways CRJ-200/CRJ-700/CRJ-900. More stands are available if needed.

During the summer months, a seasonal tent is added to the airport where all TSA checked passengers will be located to wait for their flight as the terminal does not have a permanent structure room. The tent has 2 gates for all airlines and can seat up to 150 people. They have a small bagged claim located on the left of the terminal, which is mainly used for Cape Air year-round and JetBlue during summer months, other airlines will have your bag located at the side of the aircraft due to the small baggage claim.

Operations[]

Along with the TSA, the West Tisbury Police Department is in charge of the security of the airport, and the ARFF department is staffed by 10 full-time firefighters. The airport currently operates several fully functional emergency response vehicles.[citation needed]

History[]

Postcard image c. 1940s, showing a Northeast DC-3

The airfield was built in 1942 as Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Martha's Vineyard (NAAF Martha's Vineyard) to support the training of naval aviators prior to their deployment to aircraft carriers in the Pacific Theater. Thousands of men received six weeks of intensive training there. The installation was renamed as Naval Auxiliary Air Station Martha's Vineyard in 1945, placed in caretaker status in 1946, and ultimately transferred to Dukes County in 1959.[2]

The new terminal building, constructed in 2001, replaced an older wooden structure that was the original base operations building. Historical photos and memorabilia are mounted on the western wall of the main hall, near the entrance to the restaurant, and tell the story of the Navy squadrons posted there during the war.[citation needed]

Major construction was made in the airport during the 21st century. One major project was to shift 200 ft of runway 6 - 24 and renovate taxiways to allow jets such as ERJ-190, and CRJ-200 to operate at the airport. The airport also renovated their commercial ramp, adding one spot for JetBlue ERJ-190, and Delta Airline ERJ-145, CRJ-200. They also renovated taxiways, they added a tent to meet demand on the terminal as they do not have a terminal building prepared for the demand they have.

During the years American Airline stoped using their CRJ-200/CRJ-700/CRJ-900 to Martha's Vineyard because of demand and started using their ERJ-175 operated by Republic Airways. Which made the airport renovate their ramp again in 2018 adding 5 sport for jets till Airbus A220. In 2020 Delta airline switch using their CRJ-200/CRJ-700/CRJ-900 to ERJ-175 operated by Republic Airways.

In 2017 a new firefighter Department building was built next to the terminal building, replacing the old Naval building.

The airport also renovated and reconstructed its main runway 6 - 24 in 2018 - 2019, the project cost around $10 million, the project also included adding NO TAXI Islands around the ramp. The runway was done and reopened in May 2019 with a Cape Air flight from Boston Logan to be the first aircraft to touch the new runway. In 2020 the airport repaved some area on the ramp and add more marking on the ramp as well.

During the COVID-19 pandemic the airport saw a dramatic decline in passengers due to the pandemic, the airport only saw 15,000 people passing thru their doors, American and Delta airline joined the airport in late June by with their schedule operating by half of 2019, JetBlue joined the airport back in July, but only with an extremely short schedule. It has been the hardest year for the airport, but it go catching up with demand in late 2020, and early 2021.

In 2021, a Capital Improvement Plan was made and tagged renovation at the airport one of them is to increase the terminal building as demand is higher especially in summer months renovate the interior, add a TSA check area, a bigger secure room with a permanent structure, and a bigger bagged claim. Another project is to reconstruct runway 15 - 33 and taxiway Echo, add 2 hangers on the southwest ramp, create new roads.

The airport is working to become 95% carbon-free by 2040, by adding electric chargers to their parking lots, working with Cape Air with their upcoming Electric aircraft, adding solar panels to their terminal building renovation, and more. This is to help climate change, and the look of the island as Martha's Vineyard Transit Authority is changing their fleet to all-electric by 2027.

Terminal[]

Martha's Vineyard Airport Terminal have one of the smallest terminals in the state of Massachusetts, it contains 2 gates, restaurant, ticket area, bathrooms, and baggage claim. The secure room during summer month is an outdoor tent when all secure passengers will be located there to wait for the flight. The TSA at MVY only contains 1 area to screen all passengers at the same time. The ticket area contains about 12 counts (2 for JetBlue, 2 for Delta Airline, 2 for American Airlines, 2 for Elite Airways, 4 for Cape Air. The baggage claim is located in the right side of the terminal and it's located when the car rentals are located. The restaurant and the management building is located in the left side of the terminal. The restaurant is located before TSA so after TSA screening there is not place for food. Part of the building have some pictures and airplanes models of the airport in WWII.

The airport will expand this terminal creating bathrooms, a bigger TSA, a secure room that can hold all passengers in a certain location that have A/C for summer months, and heating system for winter passengers. This new terminal will help the flow of passengers during summer months where 5 jet flight are in the ramp at the same time.

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinationsRefs
American Eagle Seasonal: Charlotte,[3] New York–LaGuardia, Philadelphia,[4] Washington–National [5]
Cape Air Boston, Hyannis, Nantucket, New Bedford, New York–JFK[6]
Seasonal: White Plains 		[7]
Delta Connection Seasonal: New York–JFK, New York–LaGuardia [8]
Elite Airways Seasonal: White Plains[9] [10]
JetBlue Seasonal: Boston, Newark, New York–JFK, New York–LaGuardia, Washington–National [11]
Nantucket Airlines Nantucket [12]
Tradewind Aviation Seasonal charter: Teterboro, White Plains [13]
JetBlue ERJ-190 at the Commercial Ramp


American Eagle operate E175 regional jets into Martha's Vineyard operated by Republic Airways. They operate seasonally from June to September and some days operating 5 times a day. In 2021 American Airline stop operating their New York–LaGuardia flights to the MVY, they handed the flights to JetBlue due to the Northeast Alliance they made at the beginning of the year. But at the same time increasing their schedule over 2019 (pre-pandemic) because of demand.

Delta Connection (operated by Republic Airways), operates E170 regional jets to New York–LaGuardia and E175 regional jets to New York–JFK. They operate seasonally from May to September and operating 2 times a day on weekends, and one time day Mondays to Fridays.

JetBlue operates the E190 to Martha's Vineyard. With the delay of the retirement of their ERJ-190, JetBlue does not have a solid date to start the operation of their A220-300 into MVY. They operate seasonally from May to October and operating up to 7 times a day.

Elite Airways operates the CRJ-200/CRJ-700/CRJ-900 into Martha's Vineyard. They operate seasonally from May to September and with one flight per day. Elite Airways is the first carrier to operate jet service to Westchester County Airport for the first time on the airport.

Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines operates the Cessna 402 and Tecnam P2012. They operate year-round with some days operating 30 times a day at the airport in the summer season, and 9 times a day in the winter season.

Tradewind Aviation operates the PC-12 into Martha's Vineyard. They operate seasonally from May to November and some days operating 15 times a day.

Cargo[]

AirlinesDestinationsRefs
FedEx Feeder Providence[14] [15]
Cape Air Boston, Hyannis
Seasonal: New Bedford		 [16]

FedEx Feeder offers a year-round flight from Providence, during summer months cargo flight can go up to 5 times a day and one time a day on the winter, all cargo continue to their FedEx facility at the airport and then into their trucks for delivery.

Cape Air offers cargo flights to Boston year-round and adds seasonal cargo flight to Hyannis and New Bedford. Cargo will go to the airport terminal and then to the destination that is supposed to go.

Historical airline service[]

Northeast Airlines served Martha's Vineyard beginning in August 1944, when it acquired Mayflower Airlines.[17] By the 1950s it was the dominant airline at the airport.[18] Air New England served MVY from the 1970s until 1981;[19] Provincetown-Boston Airline (PBA), operating as a feeder for Eastern Airlines, served MVY in the 1980s.[20] Bridgeport-based Atlantic Air served MVY in the mid-1980s before merging into Business Express Airlines, which continued service to MVY under the Delta Connection brand.[21] Other historical carriers at MVY included Bar Harbor Airlines, Brockway Air, , , Executive Airlines, Express Air, Gull Air, Holiday Airlines, Island Airlines, , New York Air, , Northern Airlines, and Trans East Airlines.[18]

Statistics[]

Top destinations[]

Busiest domestic routes from MVY (July 2020 – June 2021)[22]
Rank Airport Passengers Carriers
1 New York–JFK, New York 10,000 Cape Air, JetBlue, Delta Connection
2 Boston, Massachusetts 7,000 Cape Air, JetBlue
3 Washington–National, D.C. 6,006 American Eagle, JetBlue
4 New York–LaGuardia, New York 1,440 American Eagle, Delta Connection, JetBlue
5 Nantucket, Massachusetts 1,128 Cape Air, Nantucket Airlines
6 White Plains, New York 1,120 Cape Air, Tradewind, Elite Airways
7 Charlotte, North Carolina 470 American Eagle
8 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 420 American Eagle
9 Hyannis, Massachusetts 330 Cape Air
10 New Bedford, Massachusetts 170 Cape Air

Airline market share[]

Largest airlines at MVY (July 2020 – June 2021)[22]
Rank Airline Passengers Share
1 Republic Airways 18,970 33.28%
2 JetBlue 18,226 32.04%
3 Cape Air 16,570 29.07%
4 Tradewind 1,640 2.88%
5 Endeavor 1,003 1.80%
6 Others 530 0.93%


Enplanements[]

See source Wikidata query and sources.


Annual passenger traffic at MVY
2000–Present[23][24]
Year Passengers
2000 71,150
2001 65,374
2002 59,500
2003 53,011
2004 53,011
2005 48,977
2006 45,881
2007 49,205
2008 45,002
2009 42,248
2010 43,904
2011 49,095
2012 50,484
2013 56,313
2014 52,362
2015 49,853
2016 54,084
2017 49,767
2018 52,605
2019 52,792
2020 18,462

Accidents and incidents[]

  • On January 30, 2001, a Cape Air pilot and his only passenger were injured when a Cessna 402C crashed just short of the Martha's Vineyard Airport on a flight from T. F. Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island.
  • On September 26, 2008, a repositioning flight with no passengers on board departed Martha's Vineyard at 8:05 pm en route to Boston. Shortly after takeoff from runway 33, the plane went down about two and a half miles from the airport, killing the pilot, who was the sole occupant.[25] Prior to this date, Cape Air had maintained a fatality-free record over its 18-year history.[26]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for MVY PDF, effective November 9, 2017.
  2. ^ Defense Environmental Restoration Program (1994-10-01). "Archives Search Report - Martha's Vineyard Naval Auxiliary Air Station" (PDF). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-03-08. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  3. ^ "20 New Routes for Summer 2020". American Airlines Newsroom. November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  4. ^ "20 New Routes for Summer 2020". American Airlines Newsroom. November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  5. ^ "American Eagle". Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  6. ^ "Cape Air will soon offer year-round service to NYC from these local airport | Boston.com". www.boston.com.
  7. ^ "Cape Air". Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  8. ^ "Delta Connection". Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  9. ^ https://whatsupnewp.com/2021/04/elite-airways-announces-daily-nonstops-to-marthas-vineyard-and-nantucket-from-white-plains/
  10. ^ "Elite Airways". Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  11. ^ "JetBlue". Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  12. ^ "Nantucket Airline". Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  13. ^ "Tradewind Aviation". Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  14. ^ "State Of Rhode Island: Freight and Goods Movement Plan". State of Rhode Island.
  15. ^ "FedEx Feeder". Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  16. ^ "Cape Air Cargo". Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  17. ^ "Northeast Airlines". Delta Flight Museum. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b "MARTHA'S VINEYARD AIRPORT AND BUSINESS PARK". Dukes County. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  19. ^ "1978 - May - Air New England Timetables, Route Maps, and History". Airways News. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  20. ^ "PBA Route Map - December 15, 1983". DepartedFlights.com. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  21. ^ "History of Business Express". Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  22. ^ Jump up to: a b "BTS Transtats - MVY". www.transtats.bts.gov. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  23. ^ "Primary Airport Enplanement Activity Summary for CY2000 Listed by Rank Order, Enplanements". FAA DOT/TSC CY2000 ACAIS Database. Federal Aviation Administration. October 19, 2001.
  24. ^ "Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) and All-Cargo Data for U.S. Airports". Federal Aviation Administration. June 9, 2017.
  25. ^ Howe, Peter J. (June 14, 2007). "Timing dulls sting of Cape Air grounding". Boston Globe.
  26. ^ "Investigators Seek Cause Of Cape Air Crash Archived September 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine." WCVB-TV. Posted September 26, 2008 - updated September 28, 2008.

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