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Wilmington International Airport
International airport in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wilmington International Airport (IATA: ILM, ICAO: KILM, FAA LID: ILM) is a public airport located just north of Wilmington, North Carolina, in unincorporated Wrightsboro, New Hanover County. ILM covers 1,800 acres (728 ha).[1][4]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | New Hanover County, North Carolina | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Wilmington Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Wilmington, North Carolina | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Wrightsboro, North Carolina | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 32 ft / 10 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°16′14″N 077°54′09″W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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During the calendar year of 2022, ILM had a record high number of passengers with 545,899 enplanements and 540,346 deplanements, totaling 1,086,245 passengers.[5][6] The airport has two runways and a single terminal which has eight gates. The airport is also home to a fixed-base operation (FBO). There is a 24-hour U.S. Customs and Border Protection ramp for international flights wishing to stop at the airport. The separate terminal was built to serve the international flights that land each year (private or charter). The airport's location on the coast, halfway between NYC and Miami, makes it a desirable and less busy entry point to the United States, with the recent addition of a 24-hour US Customs ramp, which was completed in 2008.
Wilmington International Airport is owned by New Hanover County, North Carolina which leases the airport to the Wilmington Airport Authority.[7] The current airport director is Jeffrey Bourk, A.A.E.. The New Hanover County Airport Authority has seven board members, appointed by the New Hanover County Commissioners.[8][9]