Event travel to Martha’s Vineyard is decided by the return leg, because that is the part no timetable helps with once the day runs long.
Arranging the Family Flight
A milestone celebration on Martha’s Vineyard has a date that does not move, so the flights are built around it rather than the other way around.
Guests and Timings
Families usually travel in more than one group, and often from more than one city. We can run a single aircraft or several legs, and the right answer is generally whichever needs fewer moving parts on the day itself.
Booking Around a Fixed Date
Because the date is fixed and often falls in summer, booking earlier is always better. Anything above nine passenger seats, the airport needs twenty-four hours’ notice, and on a peak weekend the aircraft choice narrows well before that.
Martha’s Vineyard Patterns We Plan Around
The tower keeps two sets of hours. From the middle of May to the end of October it runs from six in the morning until ten at night. From the first of November to the middle of May it closes at five in the afternoon, which is earlier than most people expect and is worth checking against a winter itinerary before anything is booked.
Vetting Behind Every Trip
Before we confirm anything, we check:
- FAR Part 135 charter operators for traditional private aircraft, or FAR Part 121 for airliner-size and group trips (or the foreign equivalent on international legs)
- The operator’s safety and incident history
- That the pilots are experienced, qualified and current on the aircraft type you will be flying on
- Fewer than 60 brokers worldwide hold Premium Wyvern Broker Member status, and Air Charter Advisors is one of them
Contact
Tell us the dates, the passenger count and where you are starting from, and we will come back with aircraft that fit. Ask for a quote through our contact page, browse the aircraft we arrange, or read the questions we are asked most often. The National Business Aviation Association sets the broader operating standards we work within.