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ME5 ·

Banks Airport

44.16540°N

-68.42780°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

Banks Airport (ME5) is a small general aviation airport located in Swans Island, ME, 172 mi north east of Manchester. It features 1 runway measuring 1,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KBHB, 20 mi away (ME5 does not publish METAR)

29m ago

Temp

64°F

Wind

5 kts

10°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KBHB 050556Z AUTO 01005KT 10SM OVC013 18/17 A2974 RMK AO2 SLP072 6//// T01780167 10189 20172 55000 PNO $

Runways

1 installed

1,500 FT MAX

10/28

1,500 ft × 30

GRVL○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

58% of ops

30 land · 0 TO

42% of ops

22 land · 0 TO

Runway 28 carries 58% of operations (30 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 42%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

28 30 landings

UA 0%

10 22 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 28 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 30 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

1.8

flights/day · 55 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 3pm · 7pm

Day vs night

84%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 1.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (2.2 vs 1.8 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (29% of 55 flights). Top three types: , , .

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