Private Jet Charter to Martha’s Vineyard
The Vineyard has two arrival experiences: the Woods Hole ferry line with everyone else, or wheels down at MVY about an hour after leaving the New York area — forty minutes from Boston. One involves a standby list. Charter with Peak and you choose the aircraft, the airport, and the hour. We arrange — you fly.
Six Towns, One Island: What to Do on Martha’s Vineyard
The island is 87 square miles and six towns, and the difference between them is the whole point. Edgartown is white clapboard captains’ houses, brick sidewalks and the Chappy ferry running a 527-foot crossing on demand. Oak Bluffs is the Flying Horses Carousel, the oldest operating platform carousel in the country, and the 300-odd gingerbread cottages of the Camp Meeting Association campground — every lantern is lit for Grand Illumination Night on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. Vineyard Haven is the working harbour where the ferries land. Up-island is a different island entirely: West Tisbury farmland and the Agricultural Fair, August 13–16, 2026, at Agricultural Hall; Chilmark and the Menemsha fishing fleet; Aquinnah and the clay cliffs at the far end. The beaches run to type — South Beach in Katama for surf, Lucy Vincent and Squibnocket up-island, Lobsterville and Menemsha for flat water and the sunset the whole dock applauds. The Vineyard is small enough to cross in forty minutes and different enough at each end that you will.
Book your private jet to the VineyardWhere to Stay on Martha’s Vineyard
Island lodging is small, old and finite. There is no 400-room resort here to absorb a late decision. The Charlotte Inn on South Summer Street in Edgartown has been Relais & Châteaux since 1992 and runs at the scale of a private house. The Harbor View Hotel on North Water Street came through a full renovation and put Bettini in its dining room. Faraway Martha’s Vineyard turned the 1742 Kelley House into 58 rooms a block off Edgartown Harbor, with the Pelican Club on Dock Street. Winnetu Oceanside in Katama is the one that actually works for families and groups. Up-island, the Beach Plum Inn sits on the hill above Menemsha Harbour, with Menemsha Inn & Cottages as its sister property. The constraint nobody mentions: summer rooms and the good rental houses are committed in late winter, most houses hold a Saturday-to-Saturday week, and the August dates around the Fair and Grand Illumination go first. Shopping in July for August means taking what is left rather than what you wanted.
Where to Eat on Martha’s Vineyard
State Road in West Tisbury is the hardest table on the island; three weeks out for a nine o’clock Monday is normal, not unlucky. Bettini at the Harbor View and the Pelican Club at Faraway cover Edgartown at the top end. The best meal on the Vineyard is still eaten off a paper plate — Larsen’s Fish Market on Basin Road in Menemsha, anchor of the dock since 1969 and rebuilt in 2022, where you call in the morning to reserve cooked lobster and collect it in time for the sunset. Menemsha Fish Market a few steps along runs year-round and makes the chowder. In Oak Bluffs, Back Door Donuts sells out of the alley from seven at night until midnight. One rule outsiders get wrong: Chilmark is still a dry town, so every restaurant in Chilmark and Menemsha is BYOB, and the only package stores on the island are in Edgartown and Oak Bluffs. Buy the wine before you drive up-island, because there is nowhere to buy it once you are there.
Flying Into Martha’s Vineyard (MVY)
Martha’s Vineyard Airport sits mid-island in the state forest, roughly ten minutes from Edgartown and Oak Bluffs and twenty-five from Aquinnah. Runway 6/24 is 5,504 feet, which takes turboprops through midsize jets comfortably; the crossing runway, 15/33, is 3,297 feet and is not part of the conversation for a jet. Two things shape a Vineyard trip. The first is the noise curfew: between 10pm and 6am, aircraft producing 75 dB or more on takeoff cannot depart, so a long dinner and a same-night departure are not compatible. The second is the marine layer — a July morning can go from clear to a low ceiling in twenty minutes, and the answer is an IFR-capable aircraft and a crew with the alternate already chosen, not optimism. Summer aircraft parking is the third limiter; Friday afternoon and Sunday evening are the pinch points, and parking is arranged in advance or not at all.
THE AIRPORTS PEAK USES
Getting to the island, in order of directness:
MVY — Martha’s Vineyard Airport. The default, and mid-island, so ten minutes to Edgartown or Oak Bluffs rather than an hour of island road. 5,504-foot main runway, single FBO on the field, 10pm–6am noise curfew. ACK — Nantucket Memorial. Twenty-five minutes away by air, and the sensible move when MVY parking is full or you are pairing both islands in one trip. HYA — Barnstable Municipal, Hyannis. The mainland fallback when the Vineyard is fogged in, with the Hy-Line high-speed boat to Oak Bluffs leaving from a terminal minutes from the FBO. BOS and PVD will take anything and leave you two to three hours out by road and water — a last resort, not a plan. Peak flies into more than 5,000 airports across the US and Canada, and on a Vineyard trip the right answer is usually MVY with HYA written in as the alternate.
The Post-Labor Day Empty Leg Window
When the season ends, the aircraft go home — and the week after Labor Day produces a reliable wave of repositioning flights off the island. If your dates flex, it’s one of the best-value private aviation windows on the East Coast calendar.
New to how these work? Start with our guide to empty leg flights, then check current empty leg availability for live routes.
Vineyard Charter Questions, Answered
How long is the flight to Martha's Vineyard from New York?
About an hour from the New York area by private jet, and roughly forty minutes from Boston.
What aircraft can land at Martha's Vineyard Airport (MVY)?
Turboprops through midsize jets are the everyday traffic at MVY. Ask us about larger aircraft — we’ll match the right option to your party and route.
Does fog affect flights to Martha's Vineyard?
It can. Island marine layer is a fact of life in early summer, especially mornings. We plan departure windows around it and brief you honestly on the day.
How far in advance should I book a summer flight to the Vineyard?
Three to six weeks for July and August weekends. Island aircraft parking in season rewards the people who planned ahead.
Are there empty leg flights to or from Martha's Vineyard?
Regularly — especially the week after Labor Day, when summer aircraft reposition home. If your dates flex, tell us your route and we’ll watch for a match.
Does Peak charge membership fees?
No. Peak is a pilot-founded charter broker. You pay for the flight, not the privilege of asking about one.
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