Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Moisant Field | |||||||||||||||
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2006 USGS orthophoto, prior to the construction of the current terminal | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | New Orleans Aviation Board | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | New Orleans metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Kenner, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Operating base for | Breeze Airways | ||||||||||||||
| Built | May 1946 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4 ft / 1 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°59′36″N 090°15′29″W / 29.99333°N 90.25806°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | flymsy | ||||||||||||||
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Source: MSYFAA | |||||||||||||||
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (IATA: MSY, ICAO: KMSY, FAA LID: MSY) is an international airport under Class B airspace in the City of Kenner, 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. 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. Nonstop service to some sixty destinations is provided, including flights to Europe, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean.
MSY covers 1,500 acres (607 ha) of land and contains two runways and two helipads. At an average of 4.5 feet (1.4 m) above sea level, MSY is the third lowest-lying international airport in the world, behind only 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.