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Airport record

Lakefront Airport

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Multi-runway
WGS 84 position 30.04240°, -90.02830° Open map ↗
FIELD ELEVATION 8 ft MSL

2 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 3

3 reported lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 6,879 ft

2,097 metres · 18R/36L

PUBLISHED COMMS 9

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
18R/36L 6,879 × 150 ft2,097 × 46 m Asphalt 179.0° / 359.0° north–south Reported lighted Reported open
18L/36R 3,697 × 75 ft1,127 × 23 m Asphalt 179.0° / 359.0° north–south Reported lighted Reported open
09/27 3,114 × 75 ft949 × 23 m Asphalt 89.0° / 269.0° east–west Reported lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

Each runway end is listed separately. Headings are true; elevations are MSL. A dash means the source did not publish a value—not zero.

Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
18R LE · low-numbered end 18R/36L Reported open 179.0°T 6 ft MSL2 m 240 ft73 m 30.05280°, -90.02990° Open end map ↗
36L HE · high-numbered end 18R/36L Reported open 359.0°T 7 ft MSL2 m Not published 30.03390°, -90.02960° Open end map ↗
18L LE · low-numbered end 18L/36R Reported open 179.0°T 6 ft MSL2 m Not published 30.05020°, -90.02770° Open end map ↗
36R HE · high-numbered end 18L/36R Reported open 359.0°T 7 ft MSL2 m Not published 30.04000°, -90.02750° Open end map ↗
09 LE · low-numbered end 09/27 Reported open 89.0°T 5 ft MSL2 m Not published 30.03710°, -90.03060° Open end map ↗
27 HE · high-numbered end 09/27 Reported open 269.0°T 5 ft MSL2 m Not published 30.03720°, -90.02080° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
A/D 123.850 MHz NEW ORLEANS APP/DEP
ATIS 124.900 MHz ATIS
CLD 127.400 MHz CLNC DEL
CTAF 118.950 MHz CTAF
GND 121.700 MHz GND
OPS 141.350 MHz ARNG OPS
RDO 122.600 MHz DE RIDDER RDO
TWR 118.950 MHz TWR
UNIC 122.950 MHz UNICOM

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Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.

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