Cincinnati Airport Expansion
Kentucky will build a new interchange at interstate 275 and graves road.
Cincinnati airport expansion. Projected growth in shipments is expected to increase dhls workforce to more than 3300. The city purchased hugh watson field in 1955 turning it into blue ash airport. Cargo grew more than 25 in 2017 to exceed 1 million tons 10 times the national average. This year and continuing through 2021 construction is underway to improve and modernize our terminal and roadways to make way for a new rental car facility.
Major improvements planned to elevate the passenger experience. Amazon broke ground this week on its 15 billion amazon air hub at the cincinnatinorthern kentucky international airport cvg in hebron kentucky. It will make donaldson road five. Cvg continues to grow and enhance its facilities to better serve our customers.
The hub will include its own ramp tower onsite. In the 1950s cincinnati city leaders began pushing for expansion of a site in blue ash to both compete with the greater cincinnati airport and replace lunken as the citys primary airport. Dhls 108 million expansion at its cvg cargo hub is already paying dividends for the region as it hires 900 additional employees. It will make mineola pike five lanes from i 275 to the airport with a center turn lane.
In early 2017 the company announced it would build a 15 billion prime air hub at the airport in hebron kentucky near the border with ohio to support is growing cargo plane fleet.