CVG names new airport CEO as Candace McGraw retires [Video]

HEBRON, Ky. — An airport veteran is flying east to lead the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

Larry Krauter will take over as CVG’s chief executive officer in March. He currently holds the top job at the Spokane International Airport. Krauter has spent more than 30 years in the airport industry, starting at the Columbus airport and spending time at the Lehigh Valley airport in Pennsylvania.

“It is a privilege to be here,” Krauter said.

The Ohio State University graduate will oversee a campus with 16,000 badge holders, more than 8 million annual passengers and 2 million annual tons of cargo.

“We have a really well-running operation here, and the intention now is just to continue the climb, continue to add the value, continue to push on the flywheel of the economic engine,” he said. “When we do that, we help create jobs. We help create better jobs that move people up the economic ladder.”

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