AOPA Airports: Banks (ME5)

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Banks

Swans Island, ME
Phone: 207-526-4305
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Overview

Attendance:	Not Attended Unattended
Tower:	No
Elevation:	100 ft (30.5 m) (Estimated)
Location:	5.00 mi. N of Swans Island
Beacon:	Present
Approaches:	(None)
Runways:	10/28 (unpaved) , H1 Longest paved runway: 40 ft
Fees:	No data

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Ry 10 Has +15 Ft Trees 50 Ft Right of Cntrln 430 Ft Fm Thld

Ry 10/28 Has +6 Ft Concrete Blocks, Shed 50 Ft Fm Northside, +6 Ft Rock Ledge 50 Ft Fm Cntrln Southside of Arpt

Drainage Culvert 600 Ft Fm Ry 28, Raised Abv Ry Sfc and Aprox 20 Ft Wide at Cntrln

Prior to Using Arpt Call 207-526-4305

All Opns Restricted to Daylgt Vfr Only

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Runway 10/28

Dimensions:	1500 x 30ft. / 457.2 x 9.1m	Weight Bearing Cap:
Surface:	gravel, no surface treatment, in poor condition	Runway Edge Lights:

#	Elev/Hdg	Tr. Pat.	Approach Lights	TD Point	Obstructions	Comments/Noise
10	No Data	No Data	No Data		Tree, 70 ft Left of center, 35 ft high, 0 ft from end, 2:1 clearance slope

28	No Data	No Data	No Data	300' Disp Threshold	Building, Both-Sides, 15 ft high, 0 ft from end	Communications Twr 500 Ft Agl; 1 Mi SE of Ry Dsplcd Thld 300 Ft; Lda 1,200 Ft

Helipad H1

Dimensions:	40 x 40ft. / 12.2 x 12.2m	Weight Bearing Cap:
Surface:	concrete, no surface treatment, condition not reported	Runway Edge Lights:

#	Elev/Hdg	Tr. Pat.	Markings	Approach Lights	TD Point	ILS/LOC	Obstructions	Comments/Noise
H1	No Data	No Data		No Data

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Operations & More Information

Lat/Long:	N44 9.9233' / W68 25.6900'44.1653889-68.4281667
Charts:	NACO: Halifax Sectional
Mag Var:	19W (1985)
ARTCC:	Boston (ZBW)
FSS:	Bangor (BGR) 1-800-WXBRIEF
NOTAM Facility:	BGR
Approach/Departure Control Facility
Pattern Altitude:	No data provided. Assume 1000 AGL
Wind Indicator:	Not Present
Seg. Circle:	No
Lighting:	No data

Aircraft & Activity

Based GA Aircraft

Single Engine:	0
Multi Engine:
Jets:
Helicopters:
Gliders:
Ultralights:

Airport Activity

GA Local:	0
GA Itinerant:	100
Commercial:
Air Taxi:
Military:

(12-month period ending on 8/20/2010)

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Type	Location/Call	Freq./Phone	Sector
CTAF	N/A	122.9

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ID	Type	Freq	Radial	Distance
BST	NDB	278.0	138	29 nm
SUH	NDB	356.0	094	30 nm
BGR	VOT	111.0	000	42 nm
BGR	VORTAC	114.8	174	45 nm

Contact Addresses

Owner:	Airport Manager:
William H. Banks	William H. Bank
Po Box 97	Po Box 97
Swans Island, ME 04685	Swans Island, ME 04479
207-526-4305 (Office)	207-526-4305 (Office)
	Airport Manager Admin
Emergency Phone: 207-460-1113