<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Wilmington International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para pb-lg-2">The airport was named Bluethenthal Field on Memorial Day, May 30, 1928, in honor of Arthur Bluethenthal, a former All-American football player and decorated World War I pilot who was the first North Carolinian to die in the war. Piedmont Airlines began commercial flights to Wilmington in February 1948, and used Wilmington as one of its initial crew bases. Its first route was between Wilmington and Cincinnati, Ohio, with stops in Pinehurst, Charlotte, Asheville, the Tri-Cities and Lexington. Piedmont was the airport's only scheduled carrier as of 1975, with flights to Atlanta, Fayetteville, Jacksonville, Kinston, Myrtle Beach, New Bern, Norfolk and Washington-National, using YS-11, FH-227 and Boeing 737 aircraft. Piedmont was acquired by USAir in 1989; USAir was renamed US Airways in 1997, and merged with American Airlines in 2013.</p>
<p class="blog-para pb-lg-2">In addition to flights to its main regional hub at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, US Airways introduced three daily flights between Wilmington and La Guardia Airport in New York City during the 2000s following lobbying from the Wilmington community. US Airways also introduced nonstop service to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in March 2011. American eagle began service between Wilmington and Chicago O'Hare International Airport in July 2011 after the airport authority offered two years of waived fees and marketing cost sharing. This route had been actively sought by the local business community for its connections to the West Coast and to Asia. The route was discontinued on April 2, 2012, but reinstated in early 2018.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 my-4">Transportation Wilmington International Airport</h2>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>Local Bus Services: </strong>Bus service between Courthouse Bay and Mainside is provided by the Base Military Bus Station. Bus schedules may be obtained from the military bus station manager.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Shuttle Service:</strong> Lejeune Express Shuttle Service</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Commercial Bus Services:</strong> Commercial Bus Transportation is available at building BB-235, the Base Bus Terminal. Trailways and Greyhound bus transportation is available from the Base Bus Terminal to points throughout the United States.</li>
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