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Lakefront Airport

ICAO KNEW30.0424°N 90.0283°W7 ft / 2 mMedium airport
On the map
New Orleans Lakefront Airport - Louisiana
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Lakefront Airport (IATA: NEW, ICAO: KNEW) is a medium airport in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 3 runways; the longest is 6,879 ft (2,097 m). In 2022 it handled 251 passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1940–1940
APR 1940
OpenedLakefront Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
New Orleans Lakefront Airport
18R/36L179° / 359° · LIT
LENGTH6,879 ft2,097 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
18L/36R179° / 359° · LIT
LENGTH3,697 ft1,127 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt
09/27089° / 269° · LIT
LENGTH3,114 ft949 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers251 (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#3,531of 3,974 · #939 North America · #693 USLongest runway6,879 ft2,097 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#3,650of 29,823 · #888 North America · #673 USElevation7 ft2 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,744of 43,341 · =19,234 North America · =15,654 USAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =366 North America · =338 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

9 channels
A/DNEW ORLEANS APP/DEP123.850
ATISATIS124.900
CLDCLNC DEL127.400
CTAFCTAF118.950
GNDGND121.700
OPSARNG OPS141.350
RDODE RIDDER RDO122.600
TWRTWR118.950
UNICUNICOM122.950