New Orleans Lakefront Airport

New Orleans Lakefront Airport, located in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, was constructed in the mid 1930s on a man-made peninsula jutting into Lake Pontchartrain. Originally the major commercial airport in the New Orleans area, it has since been supplanted in this arena by Louis Armstrong International Airport 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. The art deco terminal building also houses a restaurant frequented by locals.

Its IATA airport code is NEW, and its ICAO airport code is KNEW. The new airport was given MSY and KMSY. Weather forecasts for the greater New Orleans metropolitan area now have neither of these codes, instead having LIX or KLIX for the National Weather Service location in Slidell, on the northeast side of the lake.