Business View Magazine | October 2019

197 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2019 THE WI LMINGTON INTERNAT IONAL A I RPORT We Help You Design, Build, Retrofit, and Manage Intelligent Facilities It’s a smart world, and everything is getting smarter. We have the tools and technologies to make your facility smarter, from sensor-based, automated monitoring of environments and security systems to data mining and artificial intelligence. We help you uncover opportunities for enhanced control and optimization of your buildings, facilities, campuses, and cities. www.johnsoncontrols.com/contact-us travel, sometimes up to 40 weeks out of the year, for business. The Airport provides a connection to their customers and corporate headquarters. Finally, we have the private aircraft based at ILM to support. We really try to support all sectors of aviation and help them prosper. Again, a growing airport is important to a growing community.” Going forward, Wilsey would like to see the Airport grow the number of GA aircraft on the field and, potentially, get a fourth commercial airline. “Maybe a low fare carrier, or an airline that would serve some of our inbound tourism and our residents who want to travel for leisure,” she muses. “By 2023, we should finish the $60 million terminal expansion and have a state-of-the-art airport that still feels like a welcoming facility that’s friendly and represents the best of southern hospitality and, of course, a great staff that is thinking bigger than just the next couple of years.” pictured ILM Terminal and FBO