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Lakefront Airport

30.04240°N
-90.02830°W
ARR / DAY
49
▼ 3.9%
DEP / DAY
48
▼ 7.5%

Lakefront Airport (KNEW/NEW) is a medium general aviation airport located in New Orleans, LA. It features 3 runways with the longest being 6,880 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 49 arrivals and 48 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 9 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
9
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

43m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
7 kts
50°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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KNEW 041653Z 05007KT 10SM CLR 28/24 A3000 RMK AO1 SLP152 T02780239

Runways

3 installed

6,880 FT MAX
09/27
3,113 ft × 75
ASP● LIT
18L/36R
3,697 ft × 75
ASP● LIT
18R/36L
6,880 ft × 150
ASP● LIT

Top carriers

Share of flights

18 total
TOP 9 51
United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 27% Netjets Aviation 16% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 12% National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (Tampa 10% Ameriflight 10% SKY Quest 8% Fltplan 8% Executive JET Management 6% Andrew Bettis Aviation 4%

Top destinations

By flight count

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DFW 3
FXE 3
PWA 2
UES 2
ALX 2
CLE 2

Carriers

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United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond
14
Netjets Aviation
8
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
6
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (Tampa
5
Ameriflight
5
SKY Quest
4
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Fltplan
4
Executive JET Management
3
Andrew Bettis Aviation
2
MSV
2
M G Aviacion S.L.
2
Helenair (Barbados)
2
Berry Aviation
2
WUP
2
Nomad Aviation
1
Nicholas Services
1
Maklee AIR
1
Executive Aerospace (Pty)
1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KNEW · last 7d

4 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 327 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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See all routes → 44 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
NEWDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
 Ameriflight 3 1h 59m
NEWPWA
Oklahoma City, US
 Executive JET Management 2 3h 37m
NEWUES
Waukesha, US
 Ameriflight 2 3h 29m
NEWALX
Alexander City, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 2 0h 57m
NEWCLE
Cleveland, US
 SKY Quest 2 2h 31m
NEWORF
Norfolk, US
 Fltplan 2 2h 5m
NEWFXE
Fort Lauderdale, US
 Netjets Aviation 2 1h 46m
NEWTPA
Tampa, US
 SKY Quest 2 1h 20m
NEWMMU
Morristown, US
 Berry Aviation 1 4h 9m
NEWHOU
Houston, US
 Berry Aviation 1 1h 17m
NEWLEX
Lexington, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 1h 41m
NEWSAT
San Antonio, US
 Andrew Bettis Aviation 1 1h 20m
NEWFXE
Fort Lauderdale, US
 Helenair (Barbados) 1 3h 8m
NEWTEB
Teterboro, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 1 2h 47m
NEWDTN
Shreveport, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 45m
NEWACT
Waco, US
 Helenair (Barbados) 1 2h 38m
NEWOPF
Miami, US
 M G Aviacion S.L. 1 1h 25m
NEWXNA
Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, US
 Executive Aerospace (Pty) 1 1h 54m
NEW4LA2
Leeville, US
 National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (Tampa 1 0h 33m
NEWTYS
Knoxville, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 1 1h 12m

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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Anonymous
7/1/2013
Lakefront
As of June 2013 the airport is in great shape (Flightline First is a lovely FBO). The best way to arrive at a still-great city.
davidsherrod
7/22/2007
New Orleans Lakefront
Great location to New Orleans. The hurricane tore this place up though. Able to land but everything is in temp buildings and hangers.
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