Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
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Louis Armstrong - New Orleans International Airport Template:Airport codes, formerly Moisant Field, is located in Kenner, Louisiana and serves New Orleans, Louisiana.
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.
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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 (Detroit, Memphis, and Minneapolis/St. Paul)
- US Airways Gates A5-A7 (Charlotte, New York/LaGuardia, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Washington/Reagan)
Concourse B
- Southwest Airlines Gates B1, B2, B4-B9, and B11 (Baltimore/Washington, Birmingham, Dallas/Love Field, Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood, 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.
- Air Canada Jazz (Toronto)
- AirTran Airways Gate C9 (Atlanta)
- American Airlines Gates C8, C10-C12, and C14-C16 (Boston, Chicago/O'Hare, Dallas/Ft.Worth, Miami, New York/LaGuardia, and St. Louis)
- Trans States Airlines dba American Connection (St. Louis)
- Frontier Airlines Gate C3 (Denver)
- JetBlue Airways Gate C3 (New York/Kennedy)
- Ted Gates C2, C4, and C6 (Denver)
- United Airlines Gates C2, C4, and C6 (Chicago/O'Hare, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington/Dulles)
- Chautauqua Airlines dba United Express Gates C2, C4, and C6 (Chicago/O'Hare and Washington/Dulles)
Concourse D
- Chautauqua Airlines dba Delta Connection Gates D2, D4, D6, and D8 (Orlando and Raleigh/Durham)
- Continental Airlines Gates D1, D3, and D5 (Houston/Bush and New York/Liberty (Newark))
- Continental Express Gates D1, D3, and D5 (Cleveland and Houston/Bush)
- Delta Air Lines Gates D2, D4, D6, and D8 (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, and Salt Lake City)
- Midwest Express (Kansas City)
External Links
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Homepage (http://www.flymsy.com/)