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ILM Meaning

ILM Airport Meaning

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ILM Meaning:

ILM stands for Wilmington International Airport


Located in Wilmington, North Carolina, ILM (Wilmington International Airport) is classified as a small hub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of ILM's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Wilmington International Airport (ILM) Characteristics:

      City: Wilmington
      State: North Carolina
      FAA: Wilmington International Airport
      IATA: ILM
      ICAO: KILM
      Role: P-S

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


ILM is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding ILM, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

ILM meaning is Wilmington International Airport.

Wilmington International Airport can be abbreviated as ILM.

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