MSY
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (IATA: MSY, ICAO: KMSY) is a large airport in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It opened in Oct 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 10,104 ft (3,080 m). It is operated by New Orleans. In 2025 it handled 12.5 million passengers.
Timeline
3 events · 1944–1982OCT 1944
OpenedLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport opens.
25 FEB 1964
DisasterEastern Air Lines Flight 304.58 killed
09 JUL 1982
DisasterPan Am Flight 759.153 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · 2 helipads · FAA diagram PDF11/29105° / 285° · LIT
LENGTH10,104 ft3,080 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
02/20015° / 195° · LIT
LENGTH7,002 ft2,134 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
Passengers per year
2014–20259.9M
10.9M
11.4M
12.3M
13.4M
14.0M
5.4M
8.2M
12.1M
12.8M
13.2M
12.5M
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Routes
55 destinations · 4 countriesYear-round48
HOUWilliam P. Hobby AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines485 km301 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines489 km304 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines684 km425 miDTXMcKinney National AirportUnited States · Avelo Airlines696 km432 miDALDallas Love FieldUnited States · Southwest Airlines700 km435 miAUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, Southwest Airlines712 km442 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, American Eagle, American Airlines719 km447 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines759 km472 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways785 km488 miSATSan Antonio International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines793 km493 miXNANorthwest Arkansas National AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways794 km493 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways886 km551 miSAVSavannah Hilton Head International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways895 km556 miSTLSt. Louis Lambert International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines974 km605 miSDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,000 km621 miCHSCharleston International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,022 km635 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,048 km651 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · Southwest Airlines1,052 km654 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines1,083 km673 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,085 km674 miMCIKansas City International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,112 km691 miCVGCincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,129 km702 miMYRMyrtle Beach International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,146 km712 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,254 km779 miMDWChicago Midway International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,330 km826 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle, United Airlines +11,349 km838 miRICRichmond International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,457 km905 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,493 km928 miORFNorfolk International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,511 km939 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,537 km955 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines1,560 km969 miBWIBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,607 km999 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,675 km1,041 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines1,708 km1,061 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, American Eagle, American Airlines1,751 km1,088 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada1,788 km1,111 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,878 km1,167 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines1,902 km1,182 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines1,904 km1,183 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Airlines, Southwest Airlines2,088 km1,297 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines2,200 km1,367 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,296 km1,427 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways2,409 km1,497 miSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,568 km1,596 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, Breeze Airways2,682 km1,667 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,069 km1,907 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines3,353 km2,083 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways7,435 km4,620 miSeasonal11
IAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Express489 km304 miJAXJacksonville International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways826 km513 miRSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways918 km570 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · Breeze Airways1,052 km654 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,085 km674 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,254 km779 miPITPittsburgh International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,479 km919 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Express1,537 km955 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Express1,878 km1,167 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways2,088 km1,297 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines3,295 km2,047 miCargo6
IAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines, DHL Aviation489 km304 miMEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · DHL Aviation, FedEx Express562 km349 miSDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines1,000 km621 miCVGCincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportUnited States · DHL Aviation, Amazon Air1,129 km702 miINDIndianapolis International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express1,140 km708 miONTOntario International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines2,608 km1,621 miMost destinationsSouthwest Airlines 22Breeze Airways 17Delta Air Lines 8American Airlines 8United Airlines 6Frontier Airlines 5
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from MSY. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
6 channelsA/DNEW ORLEANS APP/DEP123.850
ATISATIS127.550
CLDCLNC DEL127.200
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR119.500
UNICUNICOM122.950