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Lakefront Airport

Lakefront Airport is a public airport five miles northeast of downtown New Orleans, in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: public airport in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  • Also known as: “KNEW”, “NEW”, “New Orleans AAB”, “New Orleans Airport”, “New Orleans Army Air Base”, and “New Orleans Lakefront Airport”
  • Address: LA

Places of Interest

Highlights include Seabrook Railroad Bridge and Lakefront Arena.

Bridge
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The is a bascule bridge in New Orleans, Louisiana running adjacent to the Seabrook Bridge. It is often confused with this vehicular bridge to the north, officially called the Senator Ted Hickey Bridge; therefore, it is commonly called the , that now carries only trains across the canal.

Stadium
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The Senator Nat G. Kiefer University of New Orleans is an 8,933-seat multi-purpose arena located in , . The arena is home to the University of New Orleans Privateers men's and women's basketball teams.

Pitch
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is a 650-seat baseball and softball stadium located in the Pontchartrain Park section of New Orleans, Louisiana. Named in memory of Negro league baseball manager Wesley Barrow, a longtime prominent figure in the New Orleans baseball community, the stadium includes a 200-square-foot climate-controlled press box, a public address system and LED scoreboard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pines Village and Gentilly Woods.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in the city of , , . A subdistrict of the area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Downman Road and Interstate 10 to the east, Chef Menteur Highway to the south, and Morrison Road to the north, and the to the west.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Gentilly District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Dreux Avenue to the north, to the east, Gentilly Boulevard to the south and People's Avenue to the west.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a large section of generally paid little or no attention by visitors. Nonetheless, has a variety of local restaurants -- mostly very reasonably priced for local clientele -- some inexpensive accommodations, and a few unique sights.

Lakefront Airport

Latitude
30.04256° or 30° 2′ 33″ north
Longitude
-90.02519° or 90° 1′ 31″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Operator
Orleans Levee District
IATA airport code
NEW
ICAO airport code
KNEW
Open location code
862F2XVF+2W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 767313073
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
4330381
Wiki­data ID
Q10853543
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Satellite Map

Discover Lakefront Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Lakefront Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Lakefront Airport”
  • Chinese: “Lakefront机场”
  • Chinese: “Lakefront機場”
  • Chinese: “紐奧良湖畔機場”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار ليك فرونت”
  • Esperanto: “Flughaveno Lakefront”
  • French: “aérodrome de Lakefront”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Lakefront”
  • French: “NEW”
  • Indonesian: “KNEW”
  • Indonesian: “NEW”
  • Japanese: “レイクフロント空港”
  • Navajo: “Haʼaʼaahjí Tónteel Biihílį́ Hatsohdi chidí naatʼaʼí ńdinibįįhígi”
  • Persian: “KNEW”
  • Persian: “NEW”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه نیو اورلئان لیک فرانت”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Lakefront”
  • Ukrainian: “Лейкфронт (аеропорт)”
  • Ukrainian: “Лейкфронт”
  • Urdu: “لیکفرنٹ ہوائی اڈا”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Seabrook and Camp Leroy Johnson.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include New Orleans Lakefront Airport and South Shore Harbor Marina.

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