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ME5 ·

Banks Airport

44.16540°N

-68.42780°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 166.7%

DEP / DAY

▼ 20.0%

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 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

22m ago

Temp

70°F

Wind

9 kts

210°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KBHB 281046Z AUTO 21009KT 10SM FEW009 OVC013 21/20 A3001 RMK AO2 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

62% of ops

13 land · 0 TO

38% of ops

8 land · 0 TO

Runway 28 carries 62% of operations (13 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

28 13 landings

UA 0%

10 8 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 28 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 13 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

1.3

flights/day · 40 total

Busy hour (local)

7pm

also 5pm · 3pm

Day vs night

80%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (1.0 vs 1.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 40 flights). Top three types: , , .

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