Lakefront Airport

IATA NEWICAO KNEWMedium airport

Lakefront Airport is a medium airport near New Orleans in Louisiana, United States. It is listed as IATA NEW and ICAO KNEW. The airport is located at 30.0424° / -90.0283° at an elevation of 2 m (8 ft). There are 3 runways, the longest measuring 2,097 m. The nearest airport is New Orleans East Hospital Heliport, 5.3 km (3 mi) away. No scheduled service is recorded for this airfield.

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Map detail of Lakefront Airport with runways — Close-up with runways

World map showing the position of Lakefront Airport — Overview map

Data

Data
IATA code	`NEW`
ICAO code	`KNEW`
Local code	`NEW`
Identifier	`KNEW`
Type	Medium airport
City	New Orleans
Region	Louisiana
Country	United States
Coordinates	30.04240, -90.02830
Coordinates (deg/min/sec)	30° 02′ 32.64″ N 90° 01′ 41.87″ W
Elevation	2 m (8 ft)
Scheduled service	no

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