KMVY sits less than a mile from salt water, which puts every aircraft based there in what FAA guidance treats as a severe corrosion environment. We know this field, we know the people on it, and we bring the full Ready Five process to the island: rinseless wash with no ramp runoff, corrosion prevention on a documented interval, and a written condition report you keep.
Salt fog doesn't need your airplane to fly to attack it, it works on tiedowns, hinges, fasteners, and lap joints around the clock, and by the time corrosion shows from the ramp it is already in the substrate. Vineyard-based aircraft score at the top of our corrosion exposure scale, which is exactly why our island program runs on a tighter interval than any mainland field, with photographic documentation every visit so you can see what the salt is doing and what we're doing about it.
Based and seasonal aircraft at KMVY, pistons through jets. Summer-season aircraft that sit through island winters need the program most.
Yes, we travel to the island. Island fields carry a travel line, quoted in writing before we commit, and program clients on set intervals get scheduling priority.
It is the highest exposure of any field we serve, under a mile to tidal water with some of the highest humidity-day counts in New England. FAA AC 43-4B treats coastal operation as a severe corrosion environment, and the Vineyard is the textbook case.
A recurring corrosion program, not one-off washes. Set interval, belly and fastener attention, an annual sealant, and a documented condition report each visit. That's the difference between paint that lasts and an airframe logbook entry.