ILM

Wilmington International Airport

ICAO KILM34.2723°N 77.9051°W32 ft / 10 mMedium airport
On the map
KILM Airport Diagram
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Wilmington International Airport (IATA: ILM, ICAO: KILM) is a medium airport in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Jul 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,016 ft (2,443 m). In 2025 it handled 1.8 million passengers.

Timeline

4 events · 1928–1997
30 MAY 1928
RenamedRenamed Bluethenthal Field.
JUL 1937
OpenedWilmington International Airport opens.
1988
RenamedRenamed New Hanover County International Airport.
17 DEC 1997
RenamedRenamed Wilmington International Airport.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
06/24048° / 228° · LIT
LENGTH8,016 ft2,443 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
17/35159° / 339° · LIT
LENGTH7,754 ft2,363 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
776K
777K
824K
843K
934K
1.1M
491K
924K
1.1M
1.3M
1.5M
1.8M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

25 destinations · 1 country
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 185 mi / 297 kmDCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · 320 mi / 515 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 377 mi / 606 kmPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 414 mi / 666 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 451 mi / 726 kmEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 488 mi / 786 kmCAK · Akron Canton Regional Airport · 498 mi / 802 kmLGA · LaGuardia Airport · 501 mi / 806 kmBNA · Nashville International Airport · 511 mi / 823 kmTPA · Tampa International Airport · 514 mi / 827 kmISP · Long Island MacArthur Airport · 522 mi / 840 kmHVN · Tweed New Haven Airport · 555 mi / 893 kmRSW · Southwest Florida International Airport · 582 mi / 936 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 582 mi / 937 kmBDL · Bradley International Airport · 600 mi / 966 kmMIA · Miami International Airport · 603 mi / 970 kmROC · Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport · 611 mi / 984 kmPVD · Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport · 624 mi / 1,004 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 1,104 mi / 1,776 kmBWI · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport · 345 mi / 556 kmILG · Wilmington Airport · 395 mi / 635 kmBOS · Boston Logan International Airport · 672 mi / 1,081 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 760 mi / 1,223 kmMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 1,093 mi / 1,759 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 1,519 mi / 2,445 kmDENDFWMSPORDBOSROCMIAHVNTPABNACAKPHLATLCLTPVDBDLRSWEWRMCOBWIFLLISPDCAILGILM
Year-round19
CLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle297 km185 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle515 km320 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, Delta Air Lines606 km377 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Eagle666 km414 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways726 km451 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Express786 km488 miCAKAkron Canton Regional AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways802 km498 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle806 km501 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · Avelo Airlines823 km511 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways, Avelo Airlines827 km514 miISPLong Island MacArthur AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways840 km522 miHVNTweed New Haven AirportUnited States · Avelo Airlines893 km555 miRSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways936 km582 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways937 km582 miBDLBradley International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways966 km600 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Eagle970 km603 miROCFrederick Douglass Greater Rochester International AirportUnited States · Avelo Airlines984 km611 miPVDRhode Island T. F. Green International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,004 km624 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,776 km1,104 mi
Most destinationsAmerican Eagle 8Breeze Airways 8Avelo Airlines 6Delta Connection 3United Express 3Delta Air Lines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ILM. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Wilmington International Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.8M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#598of 3,974 · #142 North America · #107 USLongest runway8,016 ft2,443 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#2,677of 29,823 · #538 North America · #397 USElevation32 ft10 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,364of 43,341 · =18,267 North America · =15,001 USAgeOpened 19372026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=703of 15,079 · =141 North America · =123 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
A/DWILMINGTON APP/DEP 164-343118.250
ATISATIS124.975
CTAFCTAF119.900
GCCDGND/CLNC DEL121.900
RDORALEIGH RDO122.550
TWRTWR119.900
UNICUNICOM122.950
A/DWILMINGTON APP/DEP 344-163135.750