# Banks Airport (ME5)

**Banks Airport** (FAA: ME5) is a small airport in Swans Island, Maine, United States. It opened in Jan 1983. It has one runway, 1,500 ft (457 m) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/me5

## At a glance

- FAA: ME5
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Swans Island, Maine, United States
- Opened: Jan 1983
- Elevation: 100 ft / 31 m
- Coordinates: 44.1654, -68.4278
- Runways: 1
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 1,500 ft / 457 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34957757
- Weather station: KBHB
- Ident: ME5

## Timeline

- Jan 1983: Banks Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 1,500 ft / 457 m | 30 ft / 9 m | Gravel | 078° / 258° |  |

- 10/28 slopes 2.0%: threshold 10 at 70 ft / 21 m, threshold 28 at 100 ft / 31 m.
- Also 1 helipad.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,500 ft / 457 m | =27,817 of 29,858 | =14,033 in North America | =12,508 in US |
| Elevation | 100 ft / 31 m | =36,830 of 43,403 | =16,697 in North America | =13,966 in US |
| Age | Opened 1983 | =8,556 of 15,079 | =6,455 in North America | =6,350 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [93B](https://dromopedia.com/airports/93b.md) Stonington Municipal Airport · 13 mi / 20 km
- [BHB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbhb.md) Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport · 20 mi / 32 km
- [ME55](https://dromopedia.com/airports/me55.md) Vinalhaven Airport · 20 mi / 33 km
- [07B](https://dromopedia.com/airports/07b.md) Blue Hill Airport · 21 mi / 33 km
- [ME41](https://dromopedia.com/airports/me41.md) Witherspoons Airport · 22 mi / 36 km
- [57B](https://dromopedia.com/airports/57b.md) Islesboro Airport · 26 mi / 41 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/me5/data