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This is a list of airports in Louisiana (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
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The areas to the north and northwest of Metairie Road were not developed until after World War II. [citation needed] The land between Metairie Ridge and Lake Pontchartrain, which was cypress swamps and marshlands, was drained with the Wood Pump. With development of this new land for residences, Metairie's population grew in the 1940s as a ...
Louisiana Highway 48 (LA 48) is a state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Charles and Jefferson Parishes. It runs from west to east, parallel to the east bank of the Mississippi River , from Norco to Jefferson .
Louisiana Highway 3152 (LA 3152) is a state highway in Louisiana that serves Jefferson Parish. LA 3152 spans 3.8 miles (6.1 km) in a south to north direction [ 1 ] and is known locally as South Clearview Parkway and Clearview Parkway .
For the 12-month period ending April 15, 2009, the airport had 25,600 aircraft operations, an average of 70 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 13 single- engine , 3 multi-engine, 1 helicopter and 1 ultralight .
During Carnival season, several Mardi Gras parades roll along portions of Veterans as they wind through the streets of Metairie. Beginning in 1978, the Jefferson Parish Council adopted a standardized parade route for Metairie, which began at the Clearview Shopping Center and rolled east along Veterans before disbanding at Bonnabel Boulevard.
In 1961, the name was changed to New Orleans International Airport. [8] The airport's mid-1970s expansion included a lengthened main terminal ticketing area, an airport access road linking the terminal to Interstate 10, and the construction of Concourses A and B. The two original 1959 concourses were renamed Concourse C and Concourse D, with ...