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Lakefront Airport

30.04240°N
-90.02830°W
ARR / DAY
8
▼ 85.8%
DEP / DAY
9
▼ 83.2%

Lakefront Airport (KNEW/NEW) is a medium general aviation airport located in New Orleans, LA. It features 3 runways with the longest being 6,879 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 8 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
87°F
Wind
10 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KNEW 261553Z 31010KT 10SM CLR 31/26 A3008 RMK AO1 SLP181 T03060256

Runways

3 installed

6,879 FT MAX
09/27
3,114 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
18L/36R
3,697 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
18R/36L
6,879 ft × 150
ASP● LITMED

Top carriers

Share of flights

8 total
TOP 9 12
Nicholas Services 17% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 17% Bangkok Aviation Center 17% Netjets Aviation 17% Corporate Flight International 8% Bellagio Airlines 8% Aerolineas MAS 8% Court Helicopters 8%

Top destinations

By flight count

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HPN 2
EFD 1
PBI 1
ECP 1
VQQ 1
AGS 1

Carriers

See all + destinations → 8
Nicholas Services
2
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
2
Bangkok Aviation Center
2
Netjets Aviation
2
Corporate Flight International
1
Bellagio Airlines
1
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Aerolineas MAS
1
Court Helicopters
1

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 118.950 —
TWR 118.950 0700-2100
GND 121.700 0700-2100
GND 335.575 0700-2100
ATIS 124.900 0700-2100
APCH 123.850 —
APCH 133.150 —
APCH 256.900 —
APCH 290.300 —
LCL/P 118.950 0700-2100
NEW ORLE 122.600 —
OTHER 122.600 —
AWDAD ST 125.500 —
OLEDD ST 125.500 —
OTHER 125.500 —
CD/P 127.400 0700-2100
OTHER 127.400 0700-2100
MNSTR ST 133.150 —
OTHER 133.150 —
MNSTR ST 290.300 —
OTHER 290.300 —
AWDAD ST 350.350 —
OLEDD ST 350.350 —
OTHER 350.350 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZHU
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KNEW · last 7d

6 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 360 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 → 7 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
NEWEFD
Houston, US
 Bangkok Aviation Center 1 1h 28m
NEWPBI
West Palm Beach, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 1h 42m
NEWECP
Panama City Beach, US
 Nicholas Services 1 0h 50m
NEWVQQ
Jacksonville, US
 Nicholas Services 1 1h 16m
NEWHPN
White Plains, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 2h 52m
NEWHPN
White Plains, US
 Corporate Flight International 1 3h 14m
NEWAGS
Augusta, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 1 3h 21m

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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Anonymous
07/01/2013
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
07/22/2007
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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