Lakefront Airport

Lakefront Airport (KNEW) is a medium airport in New Orleans, LA. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KNEW or IATA code NEW. It sits in North America.

Lakefront Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 6,879-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.

The longest runway measures 6,879 ft (2,097 m), a midsize and super-midsize-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Citation Longitude, Challenger 350, and Gulfstream G280. In practice this comfortable for most midsize and super-mid charter equipment.

Lakefront Airport sits near sea level at 8 ft.

Local operations run on America/Chicago. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.

SkyAccess currently tracks 41 departing and 54 arriving private-jet legs at KNEW across the next six months of operator inventory. 12 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KNEW are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

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.