According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Martha's Vineyard, MA (MVY) ranks #242 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Martha's Vineyard, MA posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.
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MVY on-time rate vs. the national average
Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes: 134,361.
Late Aircraft41.2% (55,290 min)
Carrier26.0% (34,906 min)
NAS (National Aviation System)24.2% (32,479 min)
Weather8.4% (11,299 min)
Security0.3% (387 min)
MVY - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: May (94.1%) · worst: July (86.1%)
MVY - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
MVY - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 15 min · taxi-in 5.4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
MVY's average taxi-out (15 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 12.6 min (October 2023) to 17.3 min (August 2025).
Cancellation & Diversion Analysis
Flight disruption statistics for Martha's Vineyard, MA.
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Martha's Vineyard, MA, both outside Massachusetts so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.
The standout signal at Martha's Vineyard, MA is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 41.2% of 134,361 delay minutes across 11,280 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 78.8% (0.2 pts below the 79% national average), with 2,391 delayed and 235 cancelled (2.08%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (41.2% late-aircraft, 26.0% carrier, 24.2% NAS, 8.4% weather, 0.3% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.
On the multi-year calendar, MVY is strongest in May (94.1% on-time) and weakest in July (86.1%), a 8.0-point swing. Volume peaks in August (~581 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to JFK (New York) at 78.2% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Martha's Vineyard, MA vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
78.8%Top 89%higher than 11% of 382 airports
Martha's Vineyard, MA
60%95%
U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025).
Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.
MVY's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.
Check the busiest route from MVY before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in May rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times →
On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Martha's Vineyard, MA's on-time rate?
Martha's Vineyard, MA (MVY) has a 78.8% on-time rate across 11,280 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 0.2 pts below the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does MVY rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Martha's Vineyard, MA ranks #242 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a mid-size U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Martha's Vineyard, MA?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at MVY, accounting for 41.2% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 41.2% late-aircraft, 26.0% carrier, 24.2% NAS/air-traffic-control, 8.4% weather, and 0.3% security.
When is the best time to fly through Martha's Vineyard, MA?
May is historically MVY's strongest month at 94.1% on-time, while July is the weakest at 86.1%, a 8.0-point swing across the BTS historical record.
Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights