New Orleans Lakefront Airport

Beautiful art-​deco style terminal, with a VERY nice restaurant (located down the hall, behind the «Runway Café» diner). If you are a pilot, this is also the best place to land if you are visiting New Orleans. The staff is VERY friendly, and the city is just a few minutes away!

My husband and I recently attended a wedding at the Terminal. The remodel is amazing and beautiful. The space was smaller than I expected (I must admit I didn’t really know what to expect), but it was smaller than I imagined. The food was delicious and plentiful at the wedding — of course, I know the amount depends on the couple and how much they order, but the food was also delicious! Especially the shrimp and grits. There was a dance floor in the middle, which was nice, and there were ample bathrooms! Another plus. There’s a balcony that goes around the upper part of the venue, but we didn’t travel up there. There was also plenty of parking! A huge plus!

When I was a little girl, I wanted to grow up to be the «Fearless Flyer» Amelia Earhart and fly an airplane similar to hers around the world, or to make some other daredevil act in an airplane. This airport reminds me of one she might have flown out of, kept her plane at, spent lots and lots of time at. I have driven by on several occasions. Many occasions. Drooling at wanting to go in. I finally worked up the nerve to go inside today, fully with the intention of eating at the café inside that I have read awesome reviews about. Well, the café was closed, but I am so glad to have seen the inside, of which if I had actually looked it up instead of actually just assuming it would be open, I would have known. But that will just give me an excuse to go back!
This is a small craft airport on Lake Pontchartrain, and is on the lake side of the levee, on the south shore of the lake. This airport is not designed for large aircraft. Everything is beautiful and the epitome of what flying used to be like. When I came today, it was not busy at all. The architecture was beautiful, the paintings wonderful and the floors amazing.
I look forward to coming back, bringing friends with me and eating at the café. This is truly breath taking and such a blessing that it is being restored still and brings fresh air into my imagination and leaves me to day dream about how things could be in my imaginary world of dreams.

WOW! This building is a gem. Love the restoration (some parts still being completed), the architecture, the views, and the location on the lake.
When I asked Lindsay A to meet me out here for lunch, I think she thought I had lost my mind. But then we ran around the airport like children… investigating all the nooks and crannies. I highly recommend closing yourself into the old telephone booths to see how well they dampen the outside noise. But the telephones are gone… they should hook up charging stations in the booths.
We happened to be there on a Saturday when there was a WWII airshow nearby so there were lots of people around but it also meant that we got to watch vintage planes flying around so bonus!
The Walnut Room was open rather than the Café (to accommodate the crowds) so we got to see the beautiful bar space too.
Just gorgeous. I wish air travel was still so elegant.

Fantastic example of Art Deco Architecture situated along the shore of Lake Pontchartrain. The recent renovations are gorgeous and are totally worth a trip out there to visit and just walk around to see the beauty of it all. There is a restaurant in the building but not much else in the way of normal airport business one would expect. If I had my own plane I would love for it to live it this lovely facility.
BONUS: There is an Enrique Alferez sculpture in a fountain just outside the airport that looks like it in the process of also being renovated. If you are unfamiliar with his work, he created many wonderful WPA public art pieces through New Orleans most notably in City Park. The one at the airport is probably the largest though.

Just a completely breath taking terminal that is open to the public! I believe it has recently been renovated (within the year) and boy did they do a fantastic job!!! It is just a beautiful example of Art Deco, right here in NOLA!
I’ve been wanting to check this place out for a while and finally did so this weekend. We took a leisurely drive up on Sunday and we were not disappointed. It’s apparently a functioning airport, but private only, no commercial flights. We did see one private jet landing but other than that things were pretty quiet. If I ever win the lottery, i’ll be flying out of here for sure!
There are two restaurants that were open that Sunday, a café and a full blown restaurant. Both were half full and are small to begin with. The menus looked reasonably priced and they had a blue plate special. Standard NOLA fare, but we had just eaten and so I can’t review the food. But I will be back to try out both places and watch the planes land.
But the location itself? Gorgeous! It takes you back to a different time. The attention to detail is just beautiful, as it usually is with art deco. The fixtures were all period, the murals were original (or so I was told) and they even had old school phone booths (sans the phones) and an old school elevator with the sliding metal door! I was in heaven.
I highly recommend you check this place out and when you do, be sure to grab a bite to eat and let me know how the food is. Go check out this beautiful slice of history, you will be glad you did!

Well, it USED to be a 5-​star airport before the storm. Now not so much, but I still love being here.
There’s something about airports that really make me feel at home. I’m reviewing this airport with a pilot-​point-​of-​view. My dad keeps his plane here and the people that run the airport are very passionate about what they do. They have a strong presence and are dedicated to making sure that everything runs smoothly.
Maintenance of the hangars are always a top priority. After the storm, it took less than 3 months to replace the old hangars with brand new ones… like the storm never even happened.
If you happen to be an aircraft owner, keep your plane here rather than Reserve or Slidell…