2024-04-17 Special MeetingNEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
SPECIAL MEETING, APRIL 17, 2024
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ASSEMBLY
The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met for a Joint Special Meeting with the New Hanover
County Airport Authority on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. in the Airport Terminal Conference Room, 1740
Airport Boulevard, Wilmington, North Carolina.
Members present: Vice -Chair LeAnn Pierce; Commissioner Jonathan Barfield, Jr.; Commissioner Dane
Scalise and Commissioner Rob Zapple. Members absent: Chair Bill Rivenbark.
Staff present: County Manager Chris Coudriet; Clerk to the Board Kymberleigh G. Crowell; and County
Attorney K. Jordan Smith.
New Hanover County Airport Authority members present: Chair Spruill Thompson; Vice -Chair Nick Rhodes;
Wanda M. Copley; Faison Gibson Sutton; Jason Thompson; and W. Lee Williams.
Wilmington International Airport staff present: Airport Director Jeffrey Bourk and Rose Davis, Executive
Assistant.
Others present: North Carolina Senator Michael Lee and Tom Fetzer, President of Fetzer Strategic Partners.
Vice -Chair Pierce and Chair Spruill Thompson called their respective Boards to order reporting that the
purpose of the meeting is to hear the New Hanover County Airport Authority annual report on Wilmington
International Airport.
ANNUAL REPORT PRESENTATION
Airport Director Jeffrey Bourk presented the annual report highlighting the following information on the
2024 Wilmington International Airport (ILM) Vision Plan for the next five years:
Vision Planning - 2024:
• Year One Recap (2023):
Terminal expansion design capacity 1.1 million passengers; 2023 year end was 1.32 million
"November" parking lot: Started in June 2023 and completed November 17, 2023; over the
holidays, ILM was 33 vehicles over capacity in said lot, proving the need for additional parking
Planning, environmental, engineering, and construction:
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Java; Flying Machine Brewing; Riverwalk Restaurant and Bar; and Faber: Jimmy John's,
The Market, and Dunkin'
• Commercial leases: hotel, auto auction, entertainment complex, north side general
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Operating revenue $16,478,000 15%
• Record passenger year: 1,322,574
• Passenger forecasts and noise/environmental studies:
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• Air Service Development 2024:
• The challenge: ILM has outstanding opportunities for air service growth, but aircraft, pilots,
and resources are limited and in demand
• The solution: a community -led incentive program that incentivizes airlines to choose ILM's
route opportunities
• ILM air service alliance: bringing together business, education, tourism, and other key
groups with a community -based incentive, we can elevate Wilmington among airline
decision -makers
• Building on ILM's success with air service opportunities:
• Northeast: ILM's largest source of demand; greatest U.S. population concentration; key
business links for Wilmington businesses; strong migration and second -home ownership;
long-standing and established tourism links; and gateways to Europe and Canada
• Florida: fastest -growing U.S. population; close cultural links with the Northeast and
Wilmington; growing business links for Wilmington businesses; strong migration and
second -home ownership; key outbound and growing inbound tourism links; and
gateways to Latin America and Caribbean
• Midwest: key year-round service opportunities; lack of "local" beaches and need to fly to
a beach; strong business links for Wilmington businesses; growing migration trends with
VFR demand drivers; key inbound tourism opportunities; and gateways to West Coast and
North Asia
• West: ILM's largest unserved domestic region; outstanding business links for Wilmington
businesses, esp. film, FinTech and MedTech; significant migration from California to
Wilmington; strong bi-directional tourism; and gateways to Asia and South Pacific
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• Where we are and headed for remainder of FY24:
Operating Revenue $16,500,000 514,696,000
Operating Expenses $13,531,700 $13,865,500
Enplanements 675,000 625,000
• ILM Aerospace Foundation:
• Vision: To be recognized as a valuable community asset bringing awareness of careers in
aviation to youth
• Objective: To provide information, industry contacts, and funds that will afford interested
students the opportunities for a career in aviation
• Scholarship awards:
• The foundation plans to put flight simulators in every school in the county and establish
an afterschool program educating kids about flying and flying as a career
choice. Volunteer flight instructors will assist with the afterschool program.
• Once $100,000 is received we plan to award our first scholarships to area students
• Finally, some of the things the foundation has done in the last few years in cooperation
with ILM and Cape Fear Community College (ACE CAMP)
• ACE Camps: "The Sky's the Limit"
• Partners included: Cape Fear Community College; North Carolina Department of
Transportation - Division of Aviation; Federal Aviation Administration - Control Tower;
Live Oak Bank; Cape Fear Flying Club; All American Aviation Services; New Hanover County
Schools; and Pender County Schools
• 15 students participated in each camp, with more than 60 students participating in the
last two years
• Fundraising goals: current — $10,000; six months: $50,000; and two years - $300,000
• Fall 2028: Possibility of holding an "Over the Beach" airshow
GENERAL DISCUSSION
The Board thanked Mr. Bourk and his team for their work. Mr. Bourk, in response to inquiries, explained
how he and his team continually work to bring more resources to ILM and the area. The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) does not allow airports to use funds for destination marketing, so there is a collaboration
between ILM and the Wilmington and Beaches Convention & Visitors Bureau. He also thanked Senator Lee for his
assistance in helping ILM obtain the $22 million grant funds for the expansion. There is no local taxpayer funding for
the projects as it is all from the federal and state levels. He further noted that North Carolina airports are obtaining
more funding than other states. As to the potential airshow, ILM will need assistance from the County and potentially
the beach municipalities in areas such as traffic, planning in general, and air show promotion. The idea is to hold it
during the "shoulder" season, which could help from an economic development perspective in general. He noted
there is still much to work through on the airshow.
ADJOURNMENT
Hearing no further discussion, Vice -Chair Pierce thanked the Airport Authority members and staff for the
report. Vice -Chair Pierce and Chair Thompson adjourned the meeting at 9:27 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kymberleigh G. Crowell
Clerk to the Board
Please note that the above minutes are not a verbatim record of the Special Meeting of the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners.