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Where to Stay in Kenner, Louisiana
Kenner is the largest suburb of New Orleans, a Jefferson Parish city of 1855 holding New Orleans International Airport on the Mississippi River.
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Departure times decide most bookings here. New Orleans International Airport is inside Kenner, so a room here is usually a room chosen for an early departure or a late arrival rather than for the city itself. Ten miles separate Kenner from New Orleans.
That is the trade in a sentence: quieter ground and a short run to the terminal, against a drive every time New Orleans itself is the plan. Airline is the other axis. The Shrine on Airline is the city's own landmark on that road, and rooms near it put a guest in Kenner proper rather than in the airport strip.
The old town is small. Kenner Town Hall and the Felix-Block Building are what survives of the settlement founded in 1855, and they carry the city's oldest civic addresses. John Ryan Stadium draws its own trips.
Anyone here for a game rather than a flight should check the stadium against the room before booking, since Kenner covers about 15 square miles between the Mississippi River and the parish line. The river edge is the older side. If you want the north shore of the Mississippi where René-Robert Cavelier came ashore in 1682, a bed toward the water trades convenience at the terminal for the earlier ground.
About Kenner
The airport is the reason most people know the name.
What is Kenner known for?
New Orleans International Airport sits inside Kenner rather than inside New Orleans, which makes this Jefferson Parish city the first and last ground a great many visitors to Louisiana touch. Kenner is the parish's biggest city. It is also the largest incorporated suburb of New Orleans and ranks sixth among Louisiana's cities, which is a lot of standing for a place ten miles from the one everybody comes for.
What are the main landmarks in Kenner?
Five names carry the register. The Shrine on Airline is the best known of them, John Ryan Stadium holds the city's sport, and Kenner Town Hall and the Felix-Block Building are the older civic entries. Mater Dolorosa Church appears on the same list.
Its own name carries New Orleans, which is a reminder of how closely Kenner and the city it adjoins are tangled in Jefferson Parish records.
What is the history of Kenner?
The river brought the first record. René-Robert Cavelier came ashore on this stretch of the Mississippi's north shore in 1682, which is the earliest event tied to the ground Kenner occupies and predates the town itself by nearly two centuries. Incorporation came in 1855.
That year gave Jefferson Parish a settlement where the river bank had been, and Kenner Town Hall and the Felix-Block Building are what the period left standing. Aviation changed the balance. New Orleans International Airport was built inside Kenner rather than inside New Orleans, and that single decision turned a parish town into the point of arrival for the whole region.
Growth followed the runways. Kenner became the largest incorporated suburb of New Orleans and the biggest city in Jefferson Parish, ranking sixth among Louisiana's cities, all of it on about 15 square miles of the Mississippi's north bank. The older layer is still marked.
The Shrine on Airline and John Ryan Stadium belong to the later city, Mater Dolorosa Church appears on the same register, and together they show a place that grew outward from a river landing without ever leaving the water behind.
Where is Kenner?
Kenner holds about 15 square miles on the east bank of Jefferson Parish. The Mississippi River runs along the city's edge, and Kenner occupies the north shore of that stretch, ten miles west of New Orleans on subtropical ground. Water fixes the southern limit.
Everything else about the layout, from the airport to the parish line, is drawn against it.
What is the climate of Kenner?
The Mississippi keeps the air heavy. Kenner sits on the river's north shore in the subtropical band, which means summers that start early and hold late, and humidity the water does nothing to reduce. Winter barely arrives.
Ten miles from New Orleans, Kenner runs to the same long warm season, and the cool months are short enough that the airport rarely changes its rhythm.
How do you get to Kenner?
New Orleans International Airport is the front door. It sits inside Kenner, which makes the city the arrival point for the region and puts every arriving passenger on Jefferson Parish ground before they reach New Orleans. Ten miles remain after that.
The road east covers the last stretch into New Orleans, and Kenner's roughly 15 square miles are small enough that the terminal is never far from anywhere in the city.
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Updated August 2026