PITTSTON TWP. — The bicounty board overseeing the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport unanimously voted to hire Kim “Bill” Hopper as the airport’s next executive director.
Hopper served as executive director of the Pitt-Greenville Airport Authority from February 2019 through June 2026, according to LinkedIn. The Pitt–Greenville Airport is in Greenville, North Carolina.
Hopper will start working Nov. 1 as executive director of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport and has agreed to a five-year contract, said Luzerne County Councilman Chris Belles, chairman of the bicounty airport. Hopper’s contract and salary are still under negotiation.
Lackawanna and Luzerne counties share ownership of the airport in Pittston Twp. and Avoca. Stephen Mykulyn has been serving as the interim executive director of the airport since March 2026.
Hopper will succeed Carl Beardsley Jr., who was director from January 2015 until late 2025 when he went on sabbatical leave for a nondisciplinary reason. The sabbatical became a permanent leave.