ME5
Banks Airport
Banks Airport (ME5) is a general-aviation airfield serving Swans Island, Maine. The field lies at 100 ft (30 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 1,500 ft (457 m), gravel. Its nearest neighbour is Stonington Municipal Airport (93B), 11 nm W.
Banks Airport is a smaller field, so Alārium does not attribute movements to it directly — but aircraft flying near it appear on the live map like any other, at their real altitude and on their real track.
Location
- Elevation
- 100 ft (30 m)
- Coordinates
- 44.1654, -68.4278
- Serving
- Swans Island
- Region
- Maine
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Runways1 · longest 1,500 ft
The diagram is drawn from published threshold coordinates, so each runway sits where it actually sits — true bearings, true separations, true lengths. Runway widths are exaggerated against length, which at true proportion would draw a hairline. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 1,500 ft457 m | 30 ft | Gravel | — |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.