Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport - Hebron, KY
Posted by: bluesnote
N 39° 03.551 W 084° 39.528
16S E 702571 N 4325952
The main airport for Cincinnati is actually located in Kentucky, not Ohio.
Waymark Code: WMW3ZX
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 07/07/2017
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Taken from Wikipedia, "Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (IATA: CVG, ICAO: KCVG, FAA LID: CVG) is a public international airport located in Hebron, Kentucky, United States. It serves the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area. The airport's code, CVG, comes from the nearest major city at the time of its opening, Covington, Kentucky.[5] CVG covers an area of 7,000 acres (28.3 km2). It is the only airport in either Indiana, Kentucky, or Ohio that features nonstop service to Europe. The airport's international destinations include Cancún, Montego Bay, Paris, Punta Cana, and Toronto. The airport is the busiest in Kentucky and the third busiest serving an Ohio metropolitan area.
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport offers non-stop passenger service to 56 destinations with 195 peak daily departures. It is the 9th largest hub for Delta Air Lines and plays host to the headquarters and main maintenance base for Delta Private Jets. The airport is a focus city for Ultra Low Cost Carriers Allegiant Air and Frontier Airlines, as well as being the largest market for Vacation Express.
In addition, CVG is the fastest-growing cargo airport in North America. The airport is the main global hub for Amazon Prime Air and is the largest global hub for DHL Aviation and DHL Express. Overall, CVG ranks 6th in North America and 34th in the world for total cargo operations. The airport is headquarters and hub for Southern Air, which operates flights around the world for DHL Aviation.
As of 2017, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport has been rated by Skytrax as the 26th best airport in the world, making it the highest rated airport in the United States and second highest rated in North America, behind only Vancouver International Airport. Skytrax also named CVG as the best regional airport in North America, and the second best regional airport in the world."
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