Lakefront Management Authority

Lakefront Management Authority, doing business as Nfpama, is a U.S. local government entity structured as a port and airport authority based in New Orleans, Louisiana, that receives federal grants (56% prime recipient, 44% sub-recipient) for airport infrastructure development and disaster recovery work, with no contracting footprint.

Nfpama operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient and sub-recipient across three customer agencies. The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Southwestern Region accounts for 20 awards (100% of the customer coverage metric), funding airport drainage, taxiway rehabilitation, and safety mitigation projects under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106). The Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards program drives 14 sub-awards for facility restoration and emergency protective measures at airport and marina assets. The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 4 issued 2 awards. Across all sources, Nfpama has obligated $53.3 million in federal grant funding.

FAA grant work dominates Nfpama's prime recipient profile. Representative projects include a $10.684 million Airport Improvement Program project grant awarded July 9, 2026, to construct airport drainage and erosion control infrastructure (culverts, junction boxes, drainage inlets, and earthwork) with completion targeted for July 8, 2030; a $11.96 million grant awarded September 14, 2023, to install 5,000 feet of drainage improvements as Phase 3 of a multi-phase stormwater runoff project, funding 79.86% of eligible costs with associated Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and supplemental discretionary grants covering the remainder; and a $2.27 million taxiway rehabilitation grant awarded September 18, 2025, to complete 2,893 feet of pavement work on Taxiway B as the final phase of a 6,601-foot taxiway improvement initiative. A second September 18, 2025 FAA award of $358,900 funds Phase 1 design for airfield safety mitigation at Hot Spot 3, addressing runway and taxiway reconfiguration with completion by September 17, 2029.

In its sub-recipient capacity, Nfpama receives FEMA funding through the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for two marine facility improvements (pump-out systems at South Shore Harbor Marina and Orleans Marina, awarded March 23, 2026) and through Homeland Security & Emergency Management for facility restoration projects across multiple airport and marina assets, including hangar repairs, building restoration, fuel farm work, and emergency protective measures, with sub-awards issued between July 2023 and November 2025. Activity has grown significantly from 2 awards in 2022 to 10 in 2025, with 3 awards recorded through mid-2026.