GETTING TO WILMINGTON:

BY CAR

If you travel by car, you will probably use one of the following routes:

From Asheville, NC: I-26, I-20, I-95 and US 74

From Greensboro and Winston-Salem, NC: Interstate 40

From Raleigh, NC: Interstate 40

From Jacksonville, NC: US 17

From Columbia, SC: Interstate 20, Interstate 95 and US 74

From Charleston and Myrtle Beach, SC: US 17

From Florence, SC: Interstate 95 and US 74

From Charlotte, NC: US 74

BY AIR

The Wilmington (NC) International Airport (ILM) is in Wilmington and is served by the following airlines:

Delta (ASA “the Delta Connection”)

USAirways

This airport is very convenient to the university, to the conference hotels and to downtown Wilmington (a 10-15 minute taxi ride will get you to any of these places). You should book air travel as early as possible to get the best rates.

Some travelers prefer to fly in and out of Raleigh-Durham (RDU) or Myrtle Beach (MYR) and use ground transportation from one of those airports to Wilmington. RDU is approximately 135 miles from Wilmington ( 2 hours), via I-40. MYR is approximately 75 miles away (1.5 hours), via US 17.