The Ultimate Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport - American History Information Guide and Reference

Louis Armstrong - New Orleans International Airport, formerly Moisant Field, is located in Kenner, Louisiana and serves New Orleans, Louisiana It has the IATA Airport Code MSY.

Louis Armstrong - New Orleans International Airport used to be a major hub for Latin American Travel from the United States. Nowadays, that travel mostly goes through other cities which serve as gateway hubs for international legacy-airlines.

Currently, MSY serves nearly 10 million passengers per year, all non-connecting.

This airport was named after Louis Armstrong, a famous musician from New Orleans.

Contents

1 History

2 Terminals and Airlines

2.1 Concourse A
2.2 Concourse B
2.3 Concourse C
2.4 Concourse D
2.5 External Links

History

The airport was originally named after daredevil aviator John Moisant, who died in an airplane crash on this land, then devoted to farming, in 1910. The abbreviation MSY was derived from Moisant Stock Yards.

Plans for Moisant Field were begun in 1940, as New Orleans' older Shushan Airport (now New Orleans Lakefront Airport (NEW), still serving private and corporate aircraft) was in need of expansion or replacement. With World War II the land became a government air base. It was returned to civilian control after the war, and commercial service began at Moisant Field in May of 1946.

MSY is owned by the City of New Orleans (Orleans Parish), but is wholly located in the City of Kenner, which is in Jefferson Parish.

Terminals and Airlines

Armstrong International Airport has two terminals (East and West) connected by a central ticketing alley. Attached to them are four concourses (A, B, C, and D)

Concourse A

Northwest Airlines Gates A1 and A3

Nonstop service to Detroit, Memphis, and Minneapolis.

US Airways Gates A5-A8

Nonstop service to Charlotte, New York/LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Washington/Reagan.

Concourse B

Southwest Airlines

Nonstop service to Baltimore/Washington, Birmingham, Dallas/Love, Ft.Lauderdale, Hartford, Houston/Hobby, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nashville, Oakland, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, and Tampa.

Concourse C

Concourse C is used to process international arrivals. (scheduled or charter). With the exception of certain Canadian or small-jet operations, all incoming foreign flights disembark at this concourse, with passengers emerging in the lower baggage claim facility.