The town of West Tisbury is seeking a volunteer to serve on a committee studying noise from the Martha’s Vineyard Airport.

As traffic numbers return to pre-pandemic norms, the Martha’s Vineyard Airport is looking toward offseason projects to improve infrastructure and mitigate the effects of a PFAS contamination.

The Martha’s Vineyard Airport is scrambling to find grants to offset $6.8 million in necessary updates to its wastewater system or the costs will be passed on to its business park tenants.

After failing to get off the runway two years ago, the Martha’s Vineyard Airport has filed a scaled-down capital improvement plan with the state and Federal Aviation Administration.

The Martha’s Vineyard Airport reported a major jam-up of private jet traffic over the weekend, much of it stemming from President Barack Obama’s 60th birthday bash. Airport manager Geoffrey Freeman said private jets crowded the tarmac at the small airport all weekend, draining fuel supplies.

Ten years ago, Anthony Piland Jr. was an aspiring pilot doing a student job shadow at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport. This summer, he is flying into that same airport as a Republic Airways captain.

Seasonal service has resumed at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport, nudging up traffic numbers that have lagged for more than a year, airport director Geoffrey Freeman said during a brief meeting of the airport commission Thursday.

A small private plane that departed from Martha’s Vineyard crashed outside the Worcester Regional Airport Tuesday afternoon. All three passengers and a dog survived, with help from teenage snowmobilers.

In a surprise turnaround, traffic coming to the Martha’s Vineyard Airport was up 16.2 per cent in October compared to October of 2019 — a stark contrast to past months which had seen precipitous plummets in airport business.

The Martha’s Vineyard Airport will receive $366,016 in grant money from the Federal Aviation Administration.