Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
	IATA: CVG; ICAO: KCVG; FAA LID: CVG; WMO: 72421;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	CVG Airport Authority (formerly Kenton County Airport Board)
Serves	Cincinnati metropolitan area
Location	2939 Terminal Drive; Boone County, Kentucky, U.S.; (Hebron postal address)
Opened	January 10, 1947
Hub for	Amazon Air; DHL Aviation; Polar Air Cargo;
Operating base for	Allegiant Air; Endeavor Air; Frontier Airlines;
Elevation AMSL	896 ft / 273 m
Coordinates	39°02′56″N 084°40′04″W / 39.04889°N 84.66778°W
Website	www.cvgairport.com
Maps
	; FAA airport diagram
Runways
Statistics (2023)
Total passengers
Total passengers	8,718,443
Aircraft operations	165,739
Total cargo (tons)	2,095,117
	Source: CVG Airport

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (IATA: CVG, ICAO: KCVG, FAA LID: CVG) is a public international airport located in Boone County, Kentucky, United States, around the community of Hebron. The airport serves the Cincinnati tri-state area. The airport's code, CVG, is derived from the nearest city at the time of the airport's opening, Covington, Kentucky. The airport covers an area of 7,700 acres (3,100 ha).^[3] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2023–2027, in which it is categorized as a medium-hub primary commercial service facility.^[4]

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport offers non-stop passenger service to over 50 destinations in North America and Europe,^[5] handling numerous domestic and international cargo flights every day.^[6] The airport is a cargo global hub for Amazon Air, Atlas Air, ABX Air, Kalitta Air, and DHL Aviation. The airport is currently the 6th busiest airport in the United States by cargo traffic and 12th largest in the world. CVG is the fastest-growing cargo airport in North America.^[7]^[8]

^ "CVG Airport Marks 75th Anniversary with Year-Long Celebration". cvgairport.com. CVG Leadership. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "2022 CVG Air Traffic Stats" (PDF). cvgairport.com.
^ "CVG Airport Fact Sheet - October 2020" (PDF). CVG Airport. CVG Leadership. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "NPIAS Report 2023-2027 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 6, 2022. p. 54. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
^ "CVG Fact Sheet October 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ "Amazon, DHL key in new CVG strategy to land development". Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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^ "Launching Point 2017: A Year in Review" (PDF). Retrieved 5 February 2018.