KEY FACTOR SUMMARY

  • Daily LTL service by more than 20 common carriers
  • Over 65% of the common carriers are union free
  • Over 60% of common carriers have terminals within a 40 mile radius
  • Three major deep water ports within 120 miles (Wilmington, NC; Morehead City, NC; Norfolk, VA)
  • Daily Trailer on Flat Car (piggyback) service is available
  • Daily commercial air service available at the regional jet airport
  • Pitt-Greenville Airport in Greenville offers daily commuter service to Charlotte (Navaids ILS/DME)
  • Four-lane highways to all North Carolina borders (I-95 is 38 miles west)
  • Highways free of toll roads and bridges
  • Over 50% of the U.S. population resides within 500 miles

 
 
COMMERCIAL PASSENGER ACTIVITY
PITT-GREENVILLE AIRPORT
 
  1989   1990   1991
  Enplane Deplane   Enplane Deplane   Enplane Deplane
TOTAL 51,661 50,541   56,653 55,372   54,366 53,367
  1992   1993   1994
  Enplane Deplane   Enplane Deplane   Enplane Deplane
TOTAL 58,587 57,726   60,149 59,651   60,756 60,156
  1995   1996   1997
  Enplane Deplane   Enplane Deplane   Enplane Deplane
TOTAL 46,824 46,787   46,978 46,929   48,648 48,461
  1998   1999   2000
  Enplane Deplane   Enplane Deplane   Enplane Deplane
TOTAL 50,852 50,861   39,451 39,565   44,079 42,024
  2001   *Hurricane Floyd Flood
September 15, 2000
Source: Pitt-Greenville
Airport, Jim Turcotte
  Enplane Deplane  
TOTAL 35,857 35,447