New Orleans Lakefront Airport
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Lakefront Airport (former New Orleans Army Air Base) |
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Lakefront Airport, main terminal, 2010
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Orleans Levee District | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 7 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°02′33″N 090°01′42″W / 30.04250°N 90.02833°WCoordinates: 30°02′33″N 090°01′42″W / 30.04250°N 90.02833°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | http://www.lakefrontairport.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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| Aircraft operations | 67,369 |
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| Based aircraft | 112 |
Lakefront Airport (IATA: NEW, ICAO: KNEW, FAA LID: NEW) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northeast of the central business district of New Orleans, in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States. Owned by the Orleans Levee District, it is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.
Originally the major commercial airport in the New Orleans area, Lakefront Airport relinquished that role in 1946 when commercial airline service began from Moisant International Airport (now known as Louis Armstrong International Airport), a significantly larger facility located in the nearby suburb of Kenner. Lakefront Airport continues to serve as a general aviation airport with charter, private, and occasional military operations taking place. Commercial airline service is also available to destinations within the Gulf South Region. The terminal building's interior retains much of its original lavish 1930s decoration, and the art deco exterior, obscured for decades by a "bomb-proof" facade installed after World War II, has recently been returned to its original appearance. The terminal building houses a restaurant frequented by nearby residents, the Walnut Room. The sculpture installation in front of the terminal, "Fountain of the Winds" by Enrique Alferez, is a local landmark.
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