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Banks Airport

44.16540°N
-68.42780°W
ARR / DAY
1
25.0%
DEP / DAY
1
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.

Current weather

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

27m ago
Temp
60°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBHB 030656Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC004 16/15 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP201 T01560150 $

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

28
61% of ops
30 land · 0 TO
10
39% of ops
19 land · 0 TO
Runway 28 carries 61% of operations (30 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 10 at 39%.

Approach quality

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

28 30 landings
UA 0%
10 19 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
1.9
flights/day · 56 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
84%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 1.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× 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 56 flights). Top three types: , , .
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