VFR
ME5
BANKS
SWANS ISLAND, ME
Elevation
100 ft
Control
Towered
CTAF
122.90
Runway
1,500 ft
About Banks
Banks, identified as ME5, is a privately owned, towered airport in Swans Island, Maine. A single gravel runway, 10/28, serves the field, measuring 1,500 feet long by 30 feet wide.
No instrument approach procedures are published, so all operations occur under visual flight rules. Arriving and departing aircraft self-announce their positions on the common traffic advisory frequency, 122.9 MHz. The field has no fuel sales on record.
The airport sits at 100 feet above mean sea level.
07
Questions
- Where is Banks (ME5) located?
- Banks is located in Swans Island, ME.
- Is Banks a public or private airport?
- Banks (ME5) is a public-use airport, open to general aviation.
- How many runways does Banks have?
- Banks has a single runway, 10/28 at 1,500 feet of gravel.
- What is the field elevation at Banks?
- Banks sits at 100 feet above mean sea level.
- Does Banks have an instrument approach?
- No, Banks has no published instrument approach procedures; it is used under visual flight rules.
- Does Banks have an air traffic control tower?
- Yes, Banks (ME5) is a towered airport.
- What is the CTAF frequency at ME5?
- Banks's CTAF frequency is 122.9 MHz.