{"id":25687,"date":"2023-05-18T14:09:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T14:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=25687"},"modified":"2023-05-26T14:11:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:11:42","slug":"wilmington-international-airport-ranks-1-in-north-carolina-and-3-in-u-s-for-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-carolina\/wilmington-international-airport-ranks-1-in-north-carolina-and-3-in-u-s-for-growth\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Wilmington International Airport Ranks #1 in North Carolina and #3 in U.S. for Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A recent analysis shows <a href=\"https:\/\/flyilm.com\/\">Wilmington International Airport<\/a> continues to experience significant growth.\u00c2\u00a0 During the period of January-September, all airlines are showing positive growth at ILM and seat growth in the market is +32%.\u00c2\u00a0 With this growth in seats, Wilmington International Airport is North Carolina\u2019s fastest growing airport for the first three quarters of 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"561\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ILM_NC-Chart-1024x561.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ILM_NC-Chart-1024x561.png 1024w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ILM_NC-Chart-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ILM_NC-Chart-750x410.png 750w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ILM_NC-Chart.png 1053w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Further, ILM is also the 3rd fastest growing airport in the\nentire country (percent seat capacity growth Jan-Sept 2023 versus the same\nperiod in 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the timeframe of 2022-2023, nine new nonstops were\nannounced at ILM.&nbsp; These new nonstops,\ncoupled with the capacity growth on existing routes led to ILM\u2019s significant\ngrowth.&nbsp; Jeff Bourk, ILM Airport Director\nstated, \u201cThank you to the four airlines that were here last year, American,\nAvelo, Delta, and United, for increasing capacity at ILM and to Sun Country for\njoining the list of airline offerings in 2023.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LeAnn Pierce, Vice-Chair of the County Commission shared,\n\u201cThe increase in passengers and flights to and from ILM is a reflection of our\ncommunity\u2019s continued progress. Travelers see our county as a fun and vibrant\nplace to visit, while businesses have realized the opportunity for economic\nsuccess that our community offers. As a representative on the Airport Authority\nBoard, I\u2019m excited that ILM remains a key economic driver for our region, and\nwe look forward to even greater things in the coming years.\u201d&nbsp; Spruill Thompson, New Hanover County Airport\nAuthority Chair added, \u201cThe NCDOT estimated ILM\u2019s economic impact to be $2.5\nBillion. With ILM\u2019s growth, this impact increases and our entire economy\nbenefits.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent analysis shows Wilmington International Airport continues to experience significant growth.\u00c2\u00a0 During the period of January-September, all airlines are showing positive growth at ILM and seat growth in the market is +32%.\u00c2\u00a0 With this growth in seats, Wilmington International Airport is North Carolina\u2019s fastest growing airport for the first three quarters of 2023. Further, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25687"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25690,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25687\/revisions\/25690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}