Trade Wind Airport
MA44 · Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts · Dukes County · map
Trade Wind Airport is a private airport owned by Marthas Vineyard Land Bank, 1 mile southwest of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, 43 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 2,200 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MA44
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Marthas Vineyard Land Bank
- Elevation
- 43 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 957 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 2,200 × 200 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 24: right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in Oak Bluffs from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts: 5 piston singles, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Massachusetts.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR use only; approaches cleared or thld displaced to provide 20:1 slps.
- Be aware of HI-SPD military jet and hvy helicopter traffic in the vicinity of otis afb and traffic using kmvy airport.
- Pattern altitude 1000 feet above sea level.
- Ctn: ILS traffic to kmvy passing ovhd.
- No ultralights allowed.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.