Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Moisant Field
2006 USGS orthophoto, prior to the construction of the current terminal
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorNew Orleans Aviation Board
ServesNew Orleans metropolitan area
LocationKenner, Louisiana, U.S.
Operating base forBreeze Airways
Elevation AMSL4 ft / 1 m
Coordinates29°59′36″N 090°15′29″W / 29.99333°N 90.25806°W / 29.99333; -90.25806
Websitewww.flymsy.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 10,104 3,080 Asphalt/concrete
02/20 7,001 2,134 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations110,490
Based aircraft (2022)24
Total passengers12,738,847
Source: MSY[1] and FAA[2]

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (IATA: MSY, ICAO: KMSY, FAA LID: MSY) is an international airport under Class B airspace in Kenner city, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by the city of New Orleans and is 11 miles (18 km) west of downtown New Orleans.[3] A small portion of Runway 11/29 is in unincorporated St. Charles Parish. Armstrong International is the primary commercial airport for the New Orleans metropolitan area and southeast Louisiana.

MSY covers 1,500 acres (607 ha) of land.[3][4] At an average of 4.5 feet (1.4 m) above sea level, MSY is the third lowest-lying international airport in the world, only behind Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands, which is 11 feet (3.4 m) below sea level, and Atyrau International Airport in Kazakhstan, which lies 72 feet (22 m) below sea level.

  1. ^ "Airport Data & Statistics". Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. January 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  2. ^ http://www.gcr1.com/5010WEB/REPORTS/AFD03052015MSY.pdf [permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for MSY PDF, effective October 31, 2024.
  4. ^ "MSY airport data at skyvector.com". skyvector.com. Retrieved August 28, 2022.