AirportsWilmington Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Wilmington, in Delaware, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ILG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ILG
- ICAO code
- KILG
- City
- Wilmington
- State or region
- Delaware
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 39.6787° N, 75.6065° W
- Elevation
- 24 m (80 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 2,217 m (7,275 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ILG means Wilmington Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KILG. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 39.6787° N, 75.6065° W. It stands 24 metres (80 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Philadelphia, about 49 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Wilmington Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 2,217 metres (7,275 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 308.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,217 m 7,275 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 01/19 | 2,137 m 7,012 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 14/32 | 1,403 m 4,602 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia International AirportPhiladelphia | PHL | 38 km |
| Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force BaseDover | DOV | 62 km |
| Lancaster AirportLancaster | LNS | 77 km |
| Atlantic City International AirportAtlantic City | ACY | 92 km |
| Trenton Mercer AirportEwing Township | TTN | 95 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,919 km | 14 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,707 km | 15 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,187 km | 14 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,728 km | 7 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 188 km | 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,827 km | 5 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,453 km | 19 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,898 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,849 km | 19 h 35 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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