Some of you may have seen an earlier version of this video. I was able to work with the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to make it even better. Enjoy!!
Delta closing their hub at CVG was an incredible stroke of luck for us who fly out of there. It drove down prices by a lot. I think CVG is grossly underrated versus most airports in the US.
You'd be crazy not to do KDEN, Jeb! It's larger than the cities of San Francisco and Miami, and you can fit the island of Manhattan inside of its boundaries TWICE!
Den is a fairly simple airport. The insides of the terminals are all similar. The arrivals and departures hauls are cool and the center area of each terminal are cool too.
CVG is my home airport and I enjoy the updates. The overlook at the viewing area has been spruced up a lot in recent years. I've taken many a carryout lunch or dinner over there and watched the planes come and go. 😊
Thank you so much for doing CVG!!! I'm currently working on modeling the airport for flight simulators and you have no idea how important this footage is to making sure everything is accurate and of the highest detail. Bookmarks (ignore): 7:30 Concourse B hub 8:53 New Amazon facility 9:15 Concourse B interior 12:02 Rental car facility
Ah, my Home Airport! Grew up with my Father working for Delta as Maintenence in that hangar and around the Ramp. Now we are both working on different aspects of the Amazon building! Glad to see it in your Series. Cool CVG fact; I believe CVG is the only MAJOR airport that serves a city in a different state, could be wrong though.
HKG, SYD, LHR, SIN, KIX, HND, SFO, CTS (in winter), ZUR, GVA (interesting as serves two nations) - a few suggestions for some more videos in your series
About 10 years ago I traveled to Barcelona, Spain on business. On the day of my return flight it was blinging hot. And since it was summer, the terminal was crowded with people on holiday. Put those two factors together >> I got very sick. Without even realizing it at first. Suddenly, a staff member came up to me and said, "Come this way, please." I thought there was a problem with my ticket. 😱 She escorted me to the airport's medical center. The doctor there did everything she could to relieve my distress. Later, an attendant took me in a wheelchair back to the depatures area. There was still time to board my original flight and get home on schedule. Always grateful for the eagle eyes of the gate attendant, and the care of the doctor. Jeb, don't overlook some of the unseen services that airfields have ready "just in case." You never want to need them, but so glad they are in place when the time comes. 👏👏👏
Make sure you add IND to the list. Since the new terminal opened it has always been on the best airport list. If you could time it to visit during a Midwest winter storm, you will really be impressed by the behind the scenes operations; the runways fill up with the diversions from ORD & DTW
Repeating my comment from an earlier video...I’d love to see an essential air service airport. Seeing how a one gate airport with just a couple flights per day would be very interesting. My vote is Escanaba, MI.
CVG and Delta have a rocky past. When Delta was at its peak it was known for aggressively undercutting competition until the competitor pulled out. They could do that because Cincinnati was home to many Fortune 500 companies and many passengers were flying on behalf of their company. As Delta fell many of the Fortune 500 companies relocated to better served areas. In recent years, cargo has kept the airport buoyant while passenger traffic has began to rebound thanks to low cost providers. It really is a tragedy what happened to passenger service, but Delta didn't price flights for the average traveller.
When we were kids, we'd go to the Detroit airport and stand on the roof watching planes land and take off. I'm sure that observation deck must be long gone. Sure was fun though. 🛫✈🛬 👀
I think it’s fascinating just how extensive the operations of an airport can be. There’s so much more to airports than passenger traffic. It would be great to see you do one of these for a large hub such as Atlanta or Newark. It would be even greater to see you do a UK based version when things calm down!
All the airline mergers inevitably resulted in some cities being de-hubbed, and it's interesting to see how the airports adapt afterwards. At CVG, it seems they've really found their place with cargo. Delta is still the dominant passenger carrier with the greatest market share. In my opinion, the difference between a hub and focus city is that a hub is designed for connecting passengers, while a focus city operates flights to a carrier's hubs, as well as point to point routes, but is not used for connections. While low-cost carriers like Allegiant and Frontier picked up some of the slack, I think it's unlikely the airport will ever see hub-era passenger numbers, simply due to the lack of connecting passengers.
Would love to see you discuss DFW. The entire size of that airport is very close to the size of the island of Manhattan. And the infrastructure supporting it is unreal.
Btw that guy did not stop moving and swaying I was getting motion sickness 🤮 Haha 😂. What was different than prior video you posted? Seems the same. Still great.
Hey Jeb! I have a suggestion for a future episode of this series! My home airport of KBNA, Nashville TN. BNA is currently booming. We are under a MASSIVE renovation. BNA was once an American Airlines hub in the late 80s and early 90s. Making for some very interesting content!
CVG was my favorite Delta hub. The people were great, the main concourse was great, and even when you had to go to the regional terminal, they knew how to get you and get you out. But alas the NorthWest merger killed it off. Memphis suffered the same fate for NorthWest. It’s a great irony I guess that both are now huge cargo operations. And I sure do miss the old Crown Clubs. That was back when us very Frequent Flyers were known as Royal Medallion members. Of course, a lot has changed over the years, even before COVID. It will be interesting to see how the airlines treat us FF upon return. Before the advent of COVID, they’d all decided that we were not important anymore and they were running near 100% full and didn’t need the business flyer who flew every week. Well, it remains to be seen if we get to go back to that level of traveling or not. I’d hoped to hit 3 million miles with Delta before retiring. I’ve got 250k to go and thought it was a slam dunk. Now, who knows?
Pease do Vancouver International Airport (YVR). It's a beautiful airport with lots of amazing artwork, beautiful view of the mountains. I think you would love it!
I remember CVG back when it was still Comair's connecting hub. It was a really busy airport back at that time. I also remember St Louis Lambert airport, back when TWA was still in business.
In a similar kind of video to this, I would be very interested in seeing more about mail operations at airports. In you video about baggage at ATL last year you showed mail being loaded into that 757. That's not something you think or hear about very often with commercial aviation, yet it is why we have the three legacy carriers today. I don't know if it would even be possible for you to film a video on this, due to security reasons, but it's something that I think would go along well with this series, talking about the parts of airports, and aviation in general that are not often seen.
Terrific video! The Wilmington Ohio cargo airport, Denver Intl, Washington Dulles, BWI and Regan. Try to do an European Airport after the pandemic. The UPS and Fedex main hub airports.
I was in my 18-wheeler picking up near CVG this morning. Got to see a rare sight of a 727 taking off just a few hundred feet overhead. You definitely can’t beat the sound it makes! According to PlaneFinder it was N724CK belonging to Kalitta. First flew in 1970!
Kalitta Charters II still has a few 727s in regular service for DHL - N724CK, N726CK and N729CK. Not uncommon to see N725CK, aka "Air Horse One" - used to transport race horses - out on the ramp at CVG.
We need a video of Indianapolis International, and the Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal. People know to ask me if I can pick them up and drop them off because I love going to that airport. It even has a Delta Lounge, and Delta flies (or at least used to in saner times) to Paris, a flight I wish you would have been able to take as well.
I'd love you to do international airports when safe. My local airport (LGW) has a fascinating history, and is the busiest single runway airport in the world
My husband is from East Grinstead located in West Sussex, England. We work in logistics, and just booked tickets CVG - LGA - BDL - BDL - LGA - CVG in October :D
I’m sure it’s in other comments, but CVG is actually located in Hebron, KY, in Boone County. The airport board is located in Covington, KY, in Kenton County.
Jeb! Not sure how I’ve missed this video…especially since I’m an #avgeek (and #traingeek) living in the Cincinnati area! Even more - zero clue how I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE VIEWING AREA until now!!! Awesome video, as always.
In recent months we have flown out of CVG on SW to Phoenix, Delta to Orlando (MCO), Allegiant to Orlando (SFB), British to London (Heathrow), and we have a June flight booked to Paris, so I think it is safe to say we consider it along with IND our "home" airports and having flown to a good part of the world and to/through almost every major US airport we can also state without too much bias that they are both in the top tier of airports when everything is considered. Security is efficient and generally friendly. check-in staff are really good at both, gate crew are legible and clear with announcements and directions, restrooms are much cleaner than many, concourses are wide and seating at gates is more plentiful than many, restaurants provide multiple options and with one notable recent exception tend to be quick, baggage claim is large enough, and well I could go on, but every time we travel it seems we return knowing how blessed we are. IF you want to hear recent horror stories I would start with Toronto or Frankfurt...LOL
Quite a few errors in the details. For one, DHL not build on the south side in 1983. They were initially on the northwest side, near 18C. They built the south complex, but then merged with Airborne and moved out temporarily before bringing the whole operation back to the south complex, building it further. Also, Comair did not begin service with 30 pax Brasilias. They initially had 2 Navajos and an Aztec. The Brasilias did not enter the picture until much later.
An airport that I think would be really cool for you to visit in either Knoxville TYS does he have a smaller regional airport operates or Washington Dulles international IAD for being a big international airport for the nations capital
MSP- Twin Cities International! On a lighter note, in 2005 I returned from Nassau, Bahamas through CVG. A large snow storm at my hub of MSP canceled my Delta flight and they rebooked me on a NWA Avrojet the next day. In total, i spent 16.5 hours in a quiet corner of CVG...ooof
There are two airports I consider not much more than "puddle jumpers" because... Well, one is Toledo Express in Ohio, and the other is Ft. Wayne, Indiana airport. The major problem is they are the only two airports within a 1 to 1.5 hour drive from most all of the NW corner of Ohio, but they are both so small, and only allow a certain size of plane in; partly because of their size; that most people from the NW corner of OH only have choices for larger airports like Detroit, Dayton, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and yes Chicago, which are ALL 2.5 to 3 hours away to drive to. Because of this tickets can tend to be extremely high from these two airports for Coach class tickets. Because of this; there are people who prefer to take the train in and out of the area, but the problem again is that the three closest "stations are Waterloo, IN; Bryan, OH; and Toledo, OH. which of these; two of the "stations" are nothing more than glorified bus stops; (Waterloo, IN. and Bryan, OH.) Bryan, OH. however, only has two train stopping times now...7:05am going west toward Chicago, and 1:45 am going east toward Cleveland. You could make a whole episode about this... Who knows; the right people might sit up and take notice...
I think you should try and visit Willow Run airport (YIP) in the Detroit area. It was where the B24s were built and it serves as a home base for Kalitta Charters, USA Jet Airlines and Ameristar. DC9s, 727s and Freighter MD80s can be seen there and I happen to work for one of them and might be able to get you some ramp access around the DC9s and 727s
IMO, when Northwest/Delta merged........THAT was the end of being a 'HUB' for Delta. Flights went down to say the least. Really they downsized a few years before that.
Was a vendor for Tropicana that allowed me access to various sections of the airport. The DHL / Amazon hubs are separated from the normal concourse a good 1/4 mile apart. The huge Amazon hub is now open & expanding.
Although some sources indicate Covington, as the Northern Kentucky part; the information is incorrect, and it should show as Hebron, and NOT Covington. Nothing worse than misinformation! Your video was great, Jeb!
JeB, enjoyed all your videos...Glad to see you visited my home base airport. For almost 40 yrs.. I just recently retired. From Delta And worked in all areas of Delta Cvg operations. If you still in town. Would enjoy meeting you?
Some of you may have seen an earlier version of this video. I was able to work with the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to make it even better. Enjoy!!
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You should do STL Lambert
If you want some cargo action, come to MEM. Busiest airport in the Western Hemisphere!
ORD has some very diverse ops, def a good choice
Delta closing their hub at CVG was an incredible stroke of luck for us who fly out of there. It drove down prices by a lot. I think CVG is grossly underrated versus most airports in the US.
They did at least get Southwest to come in. Dayton was the loser there.
would love to see you cover the infamous Denver International Airport!
You'd be crazy not to do KDEN, Jeb! It's larger than the cities of San Francisco and Miami, and you can fit the island of Manhattan inside of its boundaries TWICE!
Den is a fairly simple airport. The insides of the terminals are all similar. The arrivals and departures hauls are cool and the center area of each terminal are cool too.
And it’s my home airport
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I will hopefully make a video at DEN soon!
“This is the 90s calling” 😂🤣. Been flying out of cvg for years this is my exact thought every time in that lounge
CVG is my home airport and I enjoy the updates. The overlook at the viewing area has been spruced up a lot in recent years. I've taken many a carryout lunch or dinner over there and watched the planes come and go. 😊
It's our home airport, too!
Definitely my home turff, originally it was San Diego till I moved.
I like this new Airports Revealed thing you've been doing!!! Can you do one for Boston?
@Noah Cutone Yeah I live in MA
Thank you so much for doing CVG!!! I'm currently working on modeling the airport for flight simulators and you have no idea how important this footage is to making sure everything is accurate and of the highest detail.
Bookmarks (ignore): 7:30 Concourse B hub 8:53 New Amazon facility 9:15 Concourse B interior 12:02 Rental car facility
Ah, my Home Airport! Grew up with my Father working for Delta as Maintenence in that hangar and around the Ramp. Now we are both working on different aspects of the Amazon building! Glad to see it in your Series. Cool CVG fact; I believe CVG is the only MAJOR airport that serves a city in a different state, could be wrong though.
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Do MSP! It has won awards for the best airport in the US! Also, I love the aircraft viewing area on the D concourse.
And the aircraft viewing area on Cargo Road!
I love this airports revealed series!! Keep it up Jeb love the content! See you in the skies!!!
HKG, SYD, LHR, SIN, KIX, HND, SFO, CTS (in winter), ZUR, GVA (interesting as serves two nations) - a few suggestions for some more videos in your series
Would love to see airports:
MCO
SNA
DFW
DAL
PDX
Phoenix mesa gateway
DEN
BOS
He’s not going to do all those
Yes PDX
Why PDX? It's a good airport, but not that remarkable, IMO.
@@burgerboy5088 just making suggestions, that’s all.
I delivered anti-freeze here once back in 2017 when I was in training to be a tanker driver. CVG is massive.
About 10 years ago I traveled to Barcelona, Spain on business. On the day of my return flight it was blinging hot. And since it was summer, the terminal was crowded with people on holiday. Put those two factors together >> I got very sick. Without even realizing it at first. Suddenly, a staff member came up to me and said, "Come this way, please." I thought there was a problem with my ticket. 😱
She escorted me to the airport's medical center. The doctor there did everything she could to relieve my distress. Later, an attendant took me in a wheelchair back to the depatures area. There was still time to board my original flight and get home on schedule.
Always grateful for the eagle eyes of the gate attendant, and the care of the doctor. Jeb, don't overlook some of the unseen services that airfields have ready "just in case." You never want to need them, but so glad they are in place when the time comes. 👏👏👏
Shout out to UND, Visit Grand Forks which consistently has daily operations in the top ten,
maybe get in on the UND Flight School!!
Seeing FLL my hometown airport would be dope! Great stuff Jeb 🤟🏻
My hometown airport! Sad it's not a major hub anymore
Make sure you add IND to the list. Since the new terminal opened it has always been on the best airport list. If you could time it to visit during a Midwest winter storm, you will really be impressed by the behind the scenes operations; the runways fill up with the diversions from ORD & DTW
This airport's great. The architecture and interior design is actually really nice.
Repeating my comment from an earlier video...I’d love to see an essential air service airport. Seeing how a one gate airport with just a couple flights per day would be very interesting. My vote is Escanaba, MI.
Agreed! But I’m biased on 1 hour north in Marquette at Sawyer. 😜
Could you do MSP please?!?! Very interesting airport
CVG and Delta have a rocky past. When Delta was at its peak it was known for aggressively undercutting competition until the competitor pulled out. They could do that because Cincinnati was home to many Fortune 500 companies and many passengers were flying on behalf of their company. As Delta fell many of the Fortune 500 companies relocated to better served areas. In recent years, cargo has kept the airport buoyant while passenger traffic has began to rebound thanks to low cost providers. It really is a tragedy what happened to passenger service, but Delta didn't price flights for the average traveller.
My dad worked for comair. I spent my whole childhood it seems at cvg. Cvg is the reason for my love of aviation.
This is my home airport if you didn't know they recently developed it more
I love having both Louisville International and CVG so close to my house. CVG is a wonderful airport!
Hartsfield Jackson Internation Airport!
DTW would be a good video
That plane spotting park is great, and it's so cool that they show you the busy times and links to the Live ATC feeds and the Flight Board app!
The Flightradar24 app helps you follow the planes too, and is very informative.
You should visit Pittsburgh International Airport due to its insane history with US Air's main hub and how it died and then grew again.
When we were kids, we'd go to the Detroit airport and stand on the roof watching planes land and take off. I'm sure that observation deck must be long gone. Sure was fun though. 🛫✈🛬 👀
Hi! How are you can you go to MSY Airport they made a very huge airport its very modern and new.
Please check out the airport John Glenn out of Columbus Ohio! I don't think you've ever been here to do a video & commentary!! 🛫🛬📸
Awesome video man! Thanks for bringing attention to my home airport! :)
I think it’s fascinating just how extensive the operations of an airport can be. There’s so much more to airports than passenger traffic. It would be great to see you do one of these for a large hub such as Atlanta or Newark. It would be even greater to see you do a UK based version when things calm down!
Love your videos Jeb! how about a video on KMSP? Minneapolis St Paul International
All the airline mergers inevitably resulted in some cities being de-hubbed, and it's interesting to see how the airports adapt afterwards. At CVG, it seems they've really found their place with cargo. Delta is still the dominant passenger carrier with the greatest market share. In my opinion, the difference between a hub and focus city is that a hub is designed for connecting passengers, while a focus city operates flights to a carrier's hubs, as well as point to point routes, but is not used for connections. While low-cost carriers like Allegiant and Frontier picked up some of the slack, I think it's unlikely the airport will ever see hub-era passenger numbers, simply due to the lack of connecting passengers.
DTW and MSP are now the connecting hubs for Delta, which all used to be Northwest hubs before the merger.
you should make a airport behind the scenes of Minneapolis Saint Paul ,MSP.
You should do Honolulu (PHNL) next! Love the series!
Sfo and JFK please. Each terminal is different and unique.
Louisville International!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🤞🏼👍🏼
Would love to see you discuss DFW. The entire size of that airport is very close to the size of the island of Manhattan. And the infrastructure supporting it is unreal.
Btw that guy did not stop moving and swaying I was getting motion sickness 🤮 Haha 😂. What was different than prior video you posted? Seems the same. Still great.
I would love to see an Airport Revealed in Portland! I love that airport
Didn’t you already post this video. Like two weeks ago
That's what I thought
Detroit Metro. It would be nice to see DTW shown behind the scenes.
I would just want one and only, DTW Detroit
I’d love to see DTW
I also think we should go to Denver International airport.
I think you should visit Milan Malpensa
Hey Jeb! I have a suggestion for a future episode of this series! My home airport of KBNA, Nashville TN. BNA is currently booming. We are under a MASSIVE renovation. BNA was once an American Airlines hub in the late 80s and early 90s. Making for some very interesting content!
Would love to see ANC part of this series 😀 is it hard to get down under where all the luggage move about?
CVG was my favorite Delta hub. The people were great, the main concourse was great, and even when you had to go to the regional terminal, they knew how to get you and get you out. But alas the NorthWest merger killed it off. Memphis suffered the same fate for NorthWest. It’s a great irony I guess that both are now huge cargo operations.
And I sure do miss the old Crown Clubs. That was back when us very Frequent Flyers were known as Royal Medallion members. Of course, a lot has changed over the years, even before COVID. It will be interesting to see how the airlines treat us FF upon return. Before the advent of COVID, they’d all decided that we were not important anymore and they were running near 100% full and didn’t need the business flyer who flew every week. Well, it remains to be seen if we get to go back to that level of traveling or not. I’d hoped to hit 3 million miles with Delta before retiring. I’ve got 250k to go and thought it was a slam dunk. Now, who knows?
Pease do Vancouver International Airport (YVR). It's a beautiful airport with lots of amazing artwork, beautiful view of the mountains. I think you would love it!
Please do a video on EWR Newark Liberty International Airport
I second that I work at EWR and I love it I live here in Newark
Actually Charlotte has an amazing plane spotting area/ airport overlook
Yes sister jack it does
Hey my dude
The last year CVG was anywhere close to busy (as a passenger airport) was 2009.
I remember CVG back when it was still Comair's connecting hub. It was a really busy airport back at that time. I also remember St Louis Lambert airport, back when TWA was still in business.
I may be a bit biased but I'd love to see you cover either of the 2 major airports in Phoenix, either PHX and/or AZA
In a similar kind of video to this, I would be very interested in seeing more about mail operations at airports. In you video about baggage at ATL last year you showed mail being loaded into that 757. That's not something you think or hear about very often with commercial aviation, yet it is why we have the three legacy carriers today.
I don't know if it would even be possible for you to film a video on this, due to security reasons, but it's something that I think would go along well with this series, talking about the parts of airports, and aviation in general that are not often seen.
Do Tampa International! Tampa/St. Petersburg is the home of the first commercial flight in history
You should go to MSP airport. They just went through a major renovation. And it is a major delta hub.
You should visit MSP!!! Amazing video!!!
Manchester Airport (EGCC) Has an entire park for viewing & has a concorde on display too 👍
Terrific video! The Wilmington Ohio cargo airport, Denver Intl, Washington Dulles, BWI and Regan. Try to do an European Airport after the pandemic. The UPS and Fedex main hub airports.
Please do Cleveland Hopkins
I was in my 18-wheeler picking up near CVG this morning. Got to see a rare sight of a 727 taking off just a few hundred feet overhead. You definitely can’t beat the sound it makes! According to PlaneFinder it was N724CK belonging to Kalitta. First flew in 1970!
Kalitta Charters II still has a few 727s in regular service for DHL - N724CK, N726CK and N729CK. Not uncommon to see N725CK, aka "Air Horse One" - used to transport race horses - out on the ramp at CVG.
Love it!!! You should make a video on Ted Stevens AIA and Hartsfield Jackson!!
We need a video of Indianapolis International, and the Col. H. Weir Cook Terminal. People know to ask me if I can pick them up and drop them off because I love going to that airport. It even has a Delta Lounge, and Delta flies (or at least used to in saner times) to Paris, a flight I wish you would have been able to take as well.
Would love to see Detroit Metro!!
would be cool to see the imfamous Chicago O'Hare Int'l Airport or Chicago Midway Int'l Airport!
Wow 2017 was the last year as this being a hub for Delta? I thought that happened a really long time ago. Like 2008 or so.
I'd love you to do international airports when safe. My local airport (LGW) has a fascinating history, and is the busiest single runway airport in the world
My husband is from East Grinstead located in West Sussex, England. We work in logistics, and just booked tickets CVG - LGA - BDL - BDL - LGA - CVG in October :D
Very nice airport. Friendly staff.
Cinci in general, gotta be one of the most friendly cities in America.
The rental car facility makes such a difference. Hope you enjoyed your stay in Cincinnati. Hi from Mason!
You should do one on dtw
Jeb, come take a look at MSP. A lot going on here.
It would be great if you visited MAN/EGCC - my local airport! It also has a spotters park like at CVG, plus many more great spots!
do ohare, they just opened a new runway (9C/27C)
I’m sure it’s in other comments, but CVG is actually located in Hebron, KY, in Boone County. The airport board is located in Covington, KY, in Kenton County.
Jeb can you do SFO?
8:03 - the original DHL terminal was located exactly where the current FedEx facility is.
Jeb! Not sure how I’ve missed this video…especially since I’m an #avgeek (and #traingeek) living in the Cincinnati area! Even more - zero clue how I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE VIEWING AREA until now!!! Awesome video, as always.
would like to see BWI
In recent months we have flown out of CVG on SW to Phoenix, Delta to Orlando (MCO), Allegiant to Orlando (SFB), British to London (Heathrow), and we have a June flight booked to Paris, so I think it is safe to say we consider it along with IND our "home" airports and having flown to a good part of the world and to/through almost every major US airport we can also state without too much bias that they are both in the top tier of airports when everything is considered. Security is efficient and generally friendly. check-in staff are really good at both, gate crew are legible and clear with announcements and directions, restrooms are much cleaner than many, concourses are wide and seating at gates is more plentiful than many, restaurants provide multiple options and with one notable recent exception tend to be quick, baggage claim is large enough, and well I could go on, but every time we travel it seems we return knowing how blessed we are.
IF you want to hear recent horror stories I would start with Toronto or Frankfurt...LOL
Wow your in my city!
Quite a few errors in the details. For one, DHL not build on the south side in 1983. They were initially on the northwest side, near 18C. They built the south complex, but then merged with Airborne and moved out temporarily before bringing the whole operation back to the south complex, building it further.
Also, Comair did not begin service with 30 pax Brasilias. They initially had 2 Navajos and an Aztec. The Brasilias did not enter the picture until much later.
An airport that I think would be really cool for you to visit in either Knoxville TYS does he have a smaller regional airport operates or Washington Dulles international IAD for being a big international airport for the nations capital
MSP- Twin Cities International!
On a lighter note, in 2005 I returned from Nassau, Bahamas through CVG. A large snow storm at my hub of MSP canceled my Delta flight and they rebooked me on a NWA Avrojet the next day. In total, i spent 16.5 hours in a quiet corner of CVG...ooof
Go to KIAD Dulles has a super cool aerotrain 6+ terminals and a non-stop heavy rush but mainly from 2-5 pm
Please visit KALB
There are two airports I consider not much more than "puddle jumpers" because... Well, one is Toledo Express in Ohio, and the other is Ft. Wayne, Indiana airport. The major problem is they are the only two airports within a 1 to 1.5 hour drive from most all of the NW corner of Ohio, but they are both so small, and only allow a certain size of plane in; partly because of their size; that most people from the NW corner of OH only have choices for larger airports like Detroit, Dayton, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and yes Chicago, which are ALL 2.5 to 3 hours away to drive to. Because of this tickets can tend to be extremely high from these two airports for Coach class tickets. Because of this; there are people who prefer to take the train in and out of the area, but the problem again is that the three closest "stations are Waterloo, IN; Bryan, OH; and Toledo, OH. which of these; two of the "stations" are nothing more than glorified bus stops; (Waterloo, IN. and Bryan, OH.) Bryan, OH. however, only has two train stopping times now...7:05am going west toward Chicago, and 1:45 am going east toward Cleveland. You could make a whole episode about this... Who knows; the right people might sit up and take notice...
Please visit Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)
I think you should try and visit Willow Run airport (YIP) in the Detroit area. It was where the B24s were built and it serves as a home base for Kalitta Charters, USA Jet Airlines and Ameristar. DC9s, 727s and Freighter MD80s can be seen there and I happen to work for one of them and might be able to get you some ramp access around the DC9s and 727s
IMO, when Northwest/Delta merged........THAT was the end of being a 'HUB' for Delta. Flights went down to say the least. Really they downsized a few years before that.
I remember connecting in CVG flying DEN-ZRH in 99. I doubt anyone today would believe me flying CVG-ZRH lol
Was a vendor for Tropicana that allowed me access to various sections of the airport. The DHL / Amazon hubs are separated from the normal concourse a good 1/4 mile apart. The huge Amazon hub is now open & expanding.
In Puerto Rico the SJU has a plane viewing area with a snack shop and a small playground
Although some sources indicate Covington, as the Northern Kentucky part; the information is incorrect, and it should show as Hebron, and NOT Covington. Nothing worse than misinformation! Your video was great, Jeb!
Gerald R. Ford Airport (GRR) in Grand Rapids, MI has a nice observation park as well!
JeB, enjoyed all your videos...Glad to see you visited my home base airport.
For almost 40 yrs.. I just recently retired. From Delta
And worked in all areas of Delta Cvg operations.
If you still in town. Would enjoy meeting you?