Nantucket is not where Obama was supposed to have his 60th birthday party; that is Martha's Vineyard.
Posted on 08/04/2021 6:41:17 PM PDT by DoodleBob
A significant increase in air traffic and the nation-wide worker shortage forced Nantucket Memorial Airport to suspend Jet-A fuel sales over the weekend.
Fuel has since arrived on the island and sales were back on Monday, but there could be implications down the line for the small airport.
Fuel usage is up 60 percent this year compared to 2019, as commercial flights have increased more than 30 percent on the island, and up to 40 percent for private jets.
Assistant airport manager Noah Karberg says they've also been impacted by a low number of fuel truck drivers during the pandemic, and there has been difficulty booking space on the Steamship Authority to bring fuel to the island.
All three combined created a difficult situation for the remote airport.
"On the commercial side, we were largely informed of what to expect and could plan accordingly," Karberg says. "But on the private side, in the corporate jet market, it's been an incredible, unprecedented demand and it's been difficult to predict."
Karberg says the fuel shortage may have caused travel delays, but there were no cancelations or strandings over the weekend.
Smaller airlines like Cape Air have a smaller engine and use a different type of fuel, and were not impacted by the weekend's fuel suspension.
Kargberg says that Nantucket has become a more popular place to travel this year with travel oversees becoming less popular because of the pandemic. Nantucket has become an alternate destination, especially among a class of travelers that use private jets.
Martha's Vineyard has seen an increase in airplane traffic, also with private jets. Officials say the increase in private jets is likely because more high end homes were sold on the Vineyard, above asking price.
On Nantucket, the Memorial Airport has used over 1 million gallons of Jet-A fuel so far this year.
The Airport holds 100,000 gallons of Jet-A fuel at a time, and is typically kept near capacity. But this summer, the airport has only been able to gather a limited supply of fuel on a given day, sometimes just enough to meet the day's demand.
"It's like living pay-check to pay-check," airport manager Tom Rafter was quoted in a press release issued by the airport on Monday. They stop selling fuel when their tank nears 5,000 gallons so they have reserves for medical and other emergency flights.
The airport was able to secure fuel to resume sales on Monday, but commercial and private jet companies may take note and start to secure their own fuel before traveling to Nantucket.
The Airport makes a significant amount of its money through fuel sales, so Karberg says the weekend's fuel shortage could hurt their bottom line later.
Nantucket is not where Obama was supposed to have his 60th birthday party; that is Martha's Vineyard.
All those peeps going to Obozo’s alleged Birthday Party?
Nantucket?
At long last my chance to post a witty limerick has arrived :-)
There once was a Wookie from Nantucket…
The party has been canceled—due to massive climate change sinking the Obozo estate...
(well, actually the party was canceled, but probably not for that reason... ;-) )
Wrong island
Maybe they need a Pipeline!
The elites may have finally figured out that going Fourth Reich on the population while partying on was bad optics...
;-)
“I pitty da fuel.”
Tom Nevers Field?
Roy Biggans must be cornering the market.
Or low on workers willing to conform?
She would have been more fun than a barrel of monkeys 🐒
The shortage is impacting fire aircraft out here in CA.
Since they are talking about taxing us peons for every mile we drive, we need a tax for all the fuel that the elites use in their private planes.
Being the corrupt dirtbags they are, it wouldn’t surprise me if Marthas Vineyard ended up with Nantucket’s share of the jet fuel.
It’s all due to the new Kung Flu Delta “Burke” Variant.
How about....
There once was an airport in Nantucket
Whose supply of fuel would only fill a bucket
So that when Obama demanded more,
They told him if you want more
You’ll have to suck it.
“There once was a man from Nantucket ...”
close enuff! LOL
I’ve been to both,and knew that but couldn’t resist to mention of the “party”, which I understand , has been either cancelled or greatly curtailed. Besides, it’s RAINING big time here in Southern MA. Ha Ha Ha.
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