Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport

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Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International

IATA: CVG - ICAO: KCVG
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Kenton County Airport Board
Serves		Cincinnati, Ohio
Elevation AMSL		896 ft (273 m)
Coordinates		39°02′56″N, 84°40′04″W
Website		http://www.cvgairport.com
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Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9/27	12000	3658	Asphalt
18C/36C	11000	3353	Asphalt
18L/36R	10000	3048	Concrete
18R/36L	8000	2438	Concrete

1 General
2 Gate Assignment
3 Flight Planning Resources
4 IFR Routes

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General

Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International is located in Hebron, Boone County, Kentucky, United States and serves the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area.

The airport's terminal/remote-concourse configuration, combined with simultaneous triple landing/takeoff capabilities, makes CVG a particularly efficient airport for flight operations. The numbers and sizes of flights to many cities have been reduced in the late-hour flights to better match local demand, though several services were ended altogether. After the reduction, CVG now offers 512 flights per day to 121 nonstop destinations.

The airport has 3 terminals. Terminal 1 closed down on January 16, 2007. It is currently being used by the airport for Administrative offices. Until recently it was served only by US Airways Express. American Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways all operate in Terminal 2. Terminal 3, built specifically for and by Delta, has 3 remote concourses connected by an underground tram and bus system.

To handle the phenomenal growth, CVG dedicated a new north-south runway in January 1991. In the decade that followed, CVG became one of the nation's fastest-growing airports as the number of annual passengers doubled to more than 20 million. To minimize any negative impact from noise, CVG would spend more than $100 million on airfield modifications, sound insulation and voluntary property acquisitions.

A $500 million expansion added a new Delta terminal, a new road system and an underground transportation system in 1994. The addition of Concourses B and C increased the number of airline gates to more than 100.

The new millennium brought many challenges to the aviation industry. Following the turmoil and tragedy of 2001, activity at CVG quickly rebounded, peaking at a record 22.8 million passengers and 670 daily departures in 2005. Delta's hub realignment led to a 25 percent decrease in operations by 2006. Even with these changes, the CVG hub remains strong.

Today CVG offers nonstop service to 120 cities--nearly three times the number of destinations served by the five surrounding airports combined. Delta has continued to strengthen its international network at CVG with flights to Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Paris and Rome. In the Midwest, only airports in Chicago and Detroit offer more service to Europe. The opening of a third north-south runway has placed CVG among the most efficient airports in the world.

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