Lakefront Airport (NEW) is a medium-sized airport located on the east end of the city of New Orleans and the water’s edge of Lake Pontchartrain. For general aviation pilots, NEW can be a reliever airport to the larger Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, MSY, located approximately 12 miles to the west. A mix of pilot experience and aircraft capability can make NEW a challenge to pilots. In addition, the proximity of the lake and airfield drainage factors makes the airport susceptible to operational interruptions during periods of heavy rain. The runway configuration consists of two parallel runways with staggered thresholds, and a crossing runway intersects the larger runway. Wrong surface landings and departures have occurred at Lakefront Airport due to the airport configuration. This video prepares pilots for other challenges, runway configurations and hot spots at NEW.
Visit [ Ссылка ] for supplemental "pilot handbook" information on this airport including airport-specific cautions, information local controllers want pilots to know, airport communications, airspace details and other preflight planning resources.
The FAA's From the Flight Deck video series uses cockpit-mounted cameras to capture runway and taxiway footage and combines them with diagrams and visual graphics to clearly identify hot spots and other safety-sensitive items. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
This video is informational only and does not replace the pilot’s responsibility to conduct required pre-flight planning in accordance with FAR 91.103.
