Maia Coleman
The Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission has awarded Vineyard Wind the bid to lease the Duchess hangar complex at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport. The complex will be used as a helicopter base.

2017

The owner of the gas station and car wash facility has filed a lawsuit against the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission after the commission voted to award a lease to a competing station in Edgartown.

Dukes County commissioners voted Wednesday to appoint Richard Wharton Jr., a former Navy pilot, to the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission.

2016

Members of the airport commission took a symbolic whack at the airport rescue and fire fighting building Friday, marking the beginning of construction to replace the structure.

The Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission voted to hire Ann Crook, director of aviation for the Elmira Corning Regional Airport in central New York, to manage the county-owned airport.

Plans for a combined Airport Rescue and Firefighting building at Martha's Vineyard Airport have been approved, but there is a $3 million funding shortfall.

The airport commission has selected an interim manager and welcomes new two new members as a period of change continues at the Island's only commercial airport.

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