Travel and transportation to, from, and within Wilmington is a very accessible, uncomplicated issue. Wilmington is easy to reach and once you're here, it's easy to navigate.

Wilmington provides many choices for travelers to enter its boundaries. If traveling by automobile, there are several highways and interstate I-40 passing directly into the port city. As Wilmington and surrounding areas have grown considerably over the years, many major improvements have been made to the various roadways in and around the city. Take a relaxing ride into Wilmington and once here, we're sure you'll find that getting around within Wilmington will be a breeze.

If traveling into Wilmington by plane, you have a few choices. The most direct option is to fly directly into the Wilmington International Airport, a futuristic facility with a small-airport charm, and it connects with most of the surrounding cities, including Raleigh, Charlotte, and Atlanta. Other flight options include flying out of the small Brunswick County Airport in Southport and the Ocean Isle Airstrip if you are flying in on a small charter aircraft. They will both allow you to touchdown near Wilmington. If you would rather fly into nearby Raleigh, daily van transportation is provided into Wilmington by the Wilmington Shuttle. Finally, nearby Myrtle Beach also has a private craft airport and a major commercial airport for your convenience in travel.

If you prefer travel on the high seas, the entire coastal area surrounding Wilmington is accessible to boaters from the Florida Keys all the way to Canada. Whether you choose to sail in through the ocean waters, the Intracoastal Waterways, or the Cape Fear River, scores of marinas await you along nearly 90 miles of protected waterway.

Once in Wilmington you have unlimited choices of travel around the area. In addition to accessibility automobile travel, Wilmington provides travel on bus, trolley, bicycle, taxicabs, limousines, and ferries. The Wilmington Transit Authority (WTA) operates six bus lines that link outlying neighborhoods. Though more of a tour, the trolley provides a ride throughout the historic district, as does the horse-drawn carriage tours. In addition to the increasing amount of bike paths in Wilmington, three state-funded bicycling highways pass through Wilmington and along the neighboring coast. Wilmington offers many safe limousine and taxicab companies for your leisurely travel anywhere within the area.

Finally, the ferry system in the coastal area is perhaps the most beautiful and charming of all the modes of transportation. Though ferries are usually used to take passengers to island desinations, they are still the most pleasurable rides imaginable, and they usually mark the beginning of a peaceful escape from the mainland.

So, whether you are coming, going, or staying, feel free to utilize the many aspects of Wilmington transportation.