Air Access
North Carolina is home to the sixth largest major airline hub in the nation, with:
- Four major airports
- More than 1,000 daily departures
- Non-stop service to over 100 domestic and international destinations.
In addition, the North Carolina Global TransPark combines transportation, accessibility and prime commercial real estate to meet a wide range of business and industrial needs, including the longest commercial runway in the state to accommodate the world’s largest cargo jets.
The state also has 11 regional and more than 100 general aviation facilities. Equipped to accommodate the world’s largest cargo jets, our airports have been recognized nationally for on-time arrivals, departures and operations, passengers served and cargo handled.
The state’s airports offer commercial and general aviation services, including U.S. Customs, U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to clear international flights.
Our transportation network offers a seamless distribution infrastructure, providing the ability to quickly transport goods. FedEx has chosen North Carolina for its new mid-Atlantic hub that is expected to open before the end of the decade.
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Shipping
North Carolina helps companies find overseas distribution with two deep-water international ports and two strategically located inland terminals.
The Ports of Wilmington and Morehead City handle containerized bulk and breakbulk cargoes. Both ports have access to North Carolina Ports' Intermodal Terminal Network, the first port-operated inland container staging and storage network in the nation that includes over 400 shippers and receivers providing inexpensive inland transportation. The Charlotte Inland Terminal is located at the heart of the manufacturing and distribution sites in the southeast serving the I-77 and I-85 corridors. The Piedmont Triad Inland Terminal serves the I-40/I-85 corridor.
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Rail Service
North Carolina’s businesses can tap the largest consolidated rail system in the country. More than 3,200 miles of track provide excellent freight railway service to business and industry.
The rail system is supported by more than 20 carriers including CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern. With service to 22 states in the eastern half of the country, the rail connections extending to the coast enable the ports of Wilmington and Morehead City to offer import and export services to a large market.
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Highway Access
North Carolina accesses the nation’s primary transportation arteries with the second largest highway system in the nation, spanning more than 98,000 miles.
- Interstate 95 is the major east coast interstate linking New England to Florida.
- Interstate 40 links the country coast-to-coast from N.C. to California.
- Interstate 85 forms the backbone of the largest manufacturing region in the Southeast, from Richmond, Va. to Montgomery, Ala.
- Interstate 77 connects Cleveland, Ohio to Columbia, S.C.
- Interstate 26 stretches from Colonial Heights, Tenn. to Charleston, S.C.
- Interstate 73 is currently an intrastate and runs from Candor to Greensboro.
- Interstate 74 extends from Cana, Va. to Mount Airy, N.C.
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Trucking Service
The intersection of major north-south and east-west interstates make North Carolina a natural hub for trucking access to points nationwide.
Within 700 miles of our borders are 170 million U.S. and Canadian consumers, and 65 of the country’s top 100 metropolitan areas. Many of these potential customers can be reached in two days or less by truck. North Carolina’s trucking firms serve a wide array of industry sectors with a range of local and regional cross-country capabilities.
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