KNEW — Lakefront
New Orleans, LA · field elevation 7 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KNEW current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KNEW 111153Z AUTO 19003KT 10SM CLR 27/25 A3014 RMK AO1 SLP199 T02720250 10289 20267 53009
- Wind
- from 190° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 27 °C / dewpoint 25 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.14 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,187 ft · pressure altitude -213 ft
- Observed
- 20 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 190° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 18L | 3 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 18R | 3 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 27 | 1 kt head | 3 kt from the left |
| 09 | 1 kt tail | 3 kt from the right |
| 36R | 3 kt tail | 1 kt from the left |
| 36L | 3 kt tail | 1 kt from the left |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
2 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 36,000–39,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KNEW 111120Z 1112/1212 23004KT P6SM FEW002 PROB30 1119/1122 4SM -TSRA BKN040CB FM112200 17007KT P6SM FEW045 SCT250
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 30.04242, -90.02825
- Elevation
- 7 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1125Z / 0045Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2100
- Magnetic variation
- 2° (1995)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- New Orleans
- County
- Orleans, LA
Airport diagram
Everything else KNEW publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18R/36L | 6,879 | 150 | ASPH | MED |
| 18L/36R | 3,697 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
| 09/27 | 3,114 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 124.9
- Tower 0700-2100
- 118.95
- Ground
- 121.7
- Clearance WHEN NEW TWR CLSD
- 127.4
- CTAF
- 118.95
- Approach SOUTH
- 123.85
- Approach NORTH
- 133.15
Published procedures
- 6 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS), VOR/DME
- 4 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KMSY Louis Armstrong New Orleans Intl12 nm
- KNBG New Orleans NAS Jrb (Alvin Callender Fld)13 nm
- KASD Slidell21 nm
- KAPS Port Of South Louisiana Exec Rgnl29 nm
- KHDC Hammond Northshore Rgnl35 nm
- KHSA Stennis Intl36 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KNEW airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Louisiana airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.