CVG Airport Code, Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport
CVG is the IATA airport code for Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport, the main international gateway for Cincinnati / Covington, United States. Pilots and air traffic control use its ICAO code, KCVG.
What airport is CVG?
CVG is the IATA airport code for Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport, in Cincinnati / Covington, United States. The same airport has the ICAO code KCVG.
It carries scheduled service and ranks number 223 by connections in the dataset. Its ICAO code KCVG begins with K, the prefix ICAO assigns to the contiguous United States.
| IATA airport code | CVG |
|---|---|
| ICAO airport code | KCVG |
| Airport | Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport |
| City | Cincinnati / Covington |
| Country | United States |
| Main airlines | DL, US, AA |
| Runways | 4 |
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Where is CVG airport located?
Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) is in Cincinnati / Covington, United States, at coordinates 39.0488, -84.6678.
It lies in the northern and western hemispheres, at 39.05° N, 84.67° W. The runways sit at 896 ft (273 m) elevation.
Runways at CVG
It has 4 runways. The longest is 12,001 ft (3.66 km), designated 09/27.
Which airlines fly to CVG?
The open route dataset lists DL (Delta Air Lines), US (US Airways), AA (American Airlines), 9E (Pinnacle Airlines), F9 (Frontier Airlines) as operating carriers on nonstop routes touching Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport.
Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on . It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.
Where the CVG code comes from
CVG serves Cincinnati but stands for CoVinGton, the Kentucky city nearest the airport, which sits across the river from Cincinnati entirely within Kentucky. It is the standard example of a code giving away where an airport really is rather than the city it markets itself as.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the IATA code for Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport?
The IATA code for Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport in Cincinnati / Covington is CVG. It is the three-letter code on tickets, baggage tags and departure boards.
What is the 3-letter code for Cincinnati / Covington?
The 3-letter IATA code for Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport in Cincinnati / Covington is CVG.
What is the ICAO code for Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport?
The ICAO code for Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport is KCVG. Pilots and air traffic control use it, while airlines and booking systems use the IATA code CVG.
What is the difference between CVG and KCVG?
CVG is the IATA code used for tickets and baggage. KCVG is the ICAO code used by pilots and air traffic control for the same airport, Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport.
Read more about Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport on Wikipedia →
Nearby and related airports
Other airports in United States and the wider region:
Popular routes from CVG
Distance and typical flight time from Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport to other airports it connects with:
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