Kentucky Route 212 is a 1 miles (1.6 km) long north–south state highway

State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 linking Interstate 275

Interstate 275 (Ohio)

Interstate 275 is an loop in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky that forms a complete beltway around the Cincinnati, Ohio area. It is the only auxiliary interstate that enters three states, including one state that the parent route does not enter . It is the longest loop interstate highway in the United...

 to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport , sometimes called the Greater Cincinnati Airport is located in Hebron, unincorporated Boone County, Kentucky, United States and serves the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area. Despite being located in Boone County, the airport operations are...

 in Boone County, Kentucky

Boone County, Kentucky

Boone County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1798. The population was 118,811 in the 2010 Census. Its county seat is Burlington. The county is named for frontiersman Daniel Boone...

. It forms off KY 20 (Petersburg Road) and immediately intersects with I-275. The road also intersects with KY 236

Kentucky Route 236

Kentucky Route 236 is a state highway in Boone and Kenton Counties in Northern Kentucky. The southern terminus is at KY 1303 in Edgewood. The northern terminus is at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport near Hebron, where it meets KY 212....

--which terminates on airport grounds--before linking directly to the airport almost exactly one mile from KY 20. Traveling west-bound, the road heads directly into the airport, and circles through it. If followed non-stop, it emerges from the airport as the east-bound side.