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
IATA: MSY ICAO: KMSY FAA LID: MSY WMO: 72231
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	New Orleans Aviation Board
Serves	New Orleans metropolitan area
Location	Kenner, Louisiana, U.S.
Operating base for	Breeze Airways
Elevation AMSL	4 ft / 1 m
Coordinates	29°59′36″N 090°15′29″W / 29.99333°N 90.25806°W / 29.99333; -90.25806
Website	www.flymsy.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 10,104 3,080 Asphalt/concrete 02/20 7,001 2,134 Concrete
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations 110,490 Based aircraft (2022) 24 Total passengers 12,738,847
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.