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title: "CVG is which airport? Cincinnati"
description: "CVG is Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Cincinnati, United States. Where the code comes from, and the codes it gets mixed up with."
url: https://atoneplace.net/airport/cvg/
site: "At One Place"
---

# What airport is CVG?

**CVG is: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport**

Cincinnati, United States

## Why the code is CVG

Covington, Kentucky — the nearest town to the site, and in a different state from the city the airport is named for.

The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.

## The airport

- **IATA code:** CVG
- **ICAO code:** KCVG
- **Airport:** Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
- **City:** Cincinnati, United States
- **Code origin:** Documented

The airport is in Boone County, Kentucky, about 13 miles from downtown Cincinnati and across the Ohio River from it. The code was assigned from Covington, the Kentucky city it originally served. This is why a flight to Cincinnati lands in another state, and why the airport eventually added "Northern Kentucky" to its name.

## The other code, KCVG

Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, CVG, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, KCVG, is the one pilots and controllers use, and it is assigned geographically: the first letter or two identify the region, so every airport in the same part of the world shares a prefix. That is why KCVG looks nothing like CVG.

## Common questions

### What airport is CVG?

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, in Cincinnati, United States.

### Why is Cincinnati's airport called CVG?

Covington, Kentucky — the nearest town to the site, and in a different state from the city the airport is named for.

### What is the difference between CVG and KCVG?

CVG is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. KCVG is the ICAO code, used operationally by pilots and air traffic control, and assigned geographically by region.

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## Sources

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