Cell towers in Wilmington, North Carolina
The FCC register lists 66 antenna structures in and around Wilmington. That is the 6th highest count of any place in North Carolina.
Overview
Wilmington, NC has 66 registered structures, the tallest standing 184 m (605 ft) above ground.
The 66 structures here sit at 1.28 per square mile of land.
The tallest structure on the register here is 184 m (605 ft) above ground level.
Monopoles account for 30.3% of the registrations here — a single tubular shaft, cheaper to permit in built-up areas because it takes little ground space.
Registrations here span 1975 to 2025.
Structure types
| Monopole | 20 | 30% |
| Tower | 17 | 26% |
| Pole | 6 | 9% |
| Lattice tower | 6 | 9% |
| Mast | 4 | 6% |
| Guyed tower | 4 | 6% |
| Tower array | 3 | 5% |
| Utility pole | 2 | 3% |
| Not specified | 1 | 2% |
| Tank | 1 | 2% |
| Building with tower | 1 | 2% |
| Building | 1 | 2% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 14 | 21% |
| Crown Castle South LLC Tower company | 6 | 9% |
| Alltel Corporation Carrier | 6 | 9% |
| Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. Tower company | 5 | 8% |
| Sunrise Broadcasting LLC Broadcaster | 4 | 6% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 66| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 184 m (605 ft) | Guyed tower | 1975 | Everest Special LLC | 108334 |
| 153 m (501 ft) | Guyed tower | 1998 | Sba Towers II LLC | 99350 |
| 134 m (440 ft) | Tower | 1976 | Beacon Communications INC | 98178 |
| 127 m (417 ft) | Tower | 1996 | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 107983 |
| 102 m (333 ft) | Utility pole | 2011 | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC | 2649858 |
| 102 m (333 ft) | Utility pole | 2011 | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC | 2649859 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Tower | 2011 | Duke Energy Business Services, LLC | 2627589 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Tower | 1996 | Jenkins Gas and Oil CO | 623788 |
| 98 m (320 ft) | Tower | 2000 | American Towers LLC | 2599725 |
| 95 m (312 ft) | Tower | 1996 | Crown Castle South LLC | 111235 |
| 95 m (311 ft) | Lattice tower | 1999 | Sba Towers II LLC | 616456 |
| 95 m (310 ft) | Tower | 2005 | Alltel Corporation | 2646427 |
| 94 m (309 ft) | Tower | 2010 | Crown Castle South LLC | 121787 |
| 93 m (304 ft) | Guyed tower | 2012 | Gray Local Media, INC. | 111821 |
| 92 m (303 ft) | Tower array | 2001 | Sunrise Broadcasting LLC | 2611924 |
| 92 m (303 ft) | Tower array | 2001 | Sunrise Broadcasting LLC | 2611926 |
| 92 m (303 ft) | Tower array | 2001 | Sunrise Broadcasting LLC | 2611927 |
| 91 m (299 ft) | Tower | 2005 | Alltel Corporation | 110297 |
| 86 m (281 ft) | Lattice tower | 1998 | American Towers LLC | 609730 |
| 85 m (280 ft) | Lattice tower | 2002 | Array Digital Infrastructure, INC. | 107029 |
| 82 m (270 ft) | Not specified | 1997 | North Carolina State Highway Patrol | 125247 |
| 62 m (203 ft) | Guyed tower | 2015 | Eip Holdings II, LLC | 117933 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Monopole | 2013 | Communication Specialists Company of Wilmington, LLC | 96972 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Mast | 1996 | Alltel Corporation | 110300 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Mast | 1995 | American Towers LLC | 110301 |
When they were registered
| 1970s | 2 | 3% |
| 1980s | 3 | 5% |
| 1990s | 20 | 30% |
| 2000s | 18 | 27% |
| 2010s | 17 | 26% |
| 2020s | 6 | 9% |
Nearby places
- Leland 12
- Castle Hayne 6
- Hampstead 5
- Bolivia 12
- Southport 10
About this data
Source is the FCC Antenna Structure Registration file of 2026-08-23. What it records is structures, not the radios mounted on them: the register cannot tell you which carrier operates from a given site.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.