Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (IATA: CVG, ICAO: KCVG) is located in Hebron, unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, United States and serves the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area. Despite being located in Boone County, the airport operations are governed by the neighboring Kenton County Airport Board. The airport's code, CVG, comes from the nearest major city at the time of its opening, Covington, Kentucky. Cincinnati/North...
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Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (IATA: CVG, ICAO: KCVG) is located in Hebron, unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, United States and serves the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area. Despite being located in Boone County, the airport operations are governed by the neighboring Kenton County Airport Board. The airport's code, CVG, comes from the nearest major city at the time of its opening, Covington, Kentucky. Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport covers an area of 7,000 acres (28 km).
The first airplane landed at the airport January 10, 1947. It was an American Airlines DC-3 from Cleveland, Ohio touching down at 9:53am. That flight was then followed by a Delta Air Lines flight moments later.
The 1960s' brought the jet age to the world. On December 16, 1960 a Delta Air Lines Convair 880 began its first regulary scheduled flight into Cincinnati. After the Jet Age arrived the airport needed to expand to newer more modern terminals and other airport...
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