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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 George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport near Dallas, Texas and Fort Worth, Texas, Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, William B. Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, and JFK International Airport in New York City, New York. MSY has also lost its transatlantic flights it used to have to London Gatwick, Paris Roissy, and Amsterdam.
Despite that, a lot of travel from the United States and Canada still pours into the airport due to tourism.
This airport was named after Louis Armstrong, a famous musician from New Orleans.
History
The airport was originally named after 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
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport has one main terminal and four concourses (A, B, C, and D)
Concourse A
- Northwest Airlines Gates A1 and A3 (Boise (one stop-ends February 16, 2005), Calgary (one stop), Detroit (direct), Hartford (one stop), Kansas City (one stop), Los Angeles (one stop), Manchester (NH) (one stop-ends February 16, 2005), Memphis (direct), Minneapolis St. Paul (direct), Montreal (one stop effective February 17, 2005), Philadelphia (one stop-ends February 16, 2005), San Antonio (one stop-ends February 16, 2005), Toronto (one stop effective February 17, 2005))
- US Airways Gates A5-A8 (Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Hartford, Myrtle Beach, New York La Guardia, Philadelphia, Providence, Richmond, Washington National)
Concourse B
- Southwest Airlines Gates B1-11 (Albuquerque, Amarillo, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Birmingham, Burbank/Glendale, Chicago Midway, Cleveland, Corpus Christi, Dallas Love Field, El Paso, Ft. Lauderdale, Hartford, Houston Hobby, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Nashville, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Ontario, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Diego, San Jose (CA), Tampa)
Concourse C
- Air Canada (Toronto)
- Air Tran Airways Gates C9 (Atlanta)
- American Airlines Gates C8, C10, C11, C12, C14, C15, C16 (Boston, Chicago O'Hare, Curacao, Dallas Ft. Worth, Miami, New York La Guardia, Ontario, Puerto Vallarta, San Diego, St. Louis
- American Connnection dba American Airlines (St. Louis)
- Frontier Airlines Gate C1 (Denver)
- Grupo Taca Gate C5 (San Pedro Sula, San Salvador)
- Jet Blue Airways Gate C3 (New York Kennedy)
- Ted Gates C2, C4, C6 (Chicago O'Hare, Denver)
- United Airlines Gate C2, C4, C6 (Chicago O'Hare, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington Dulles)
Concourse D
- Atlantic Southeast Airlines dba Delta Connection Gates D2 D4, D6, D8 (Dallas Ft. Worth)
- Chautauqua Airlines dbs Delta Connection Gates D2, D4, D6, D8 (Orlando)
- Continental Airlines Gates D1 and D3 (Boston, Houston Intercontinental, Newark, San Francisco)
- Continental Express Gates D1 and D3 (Cleveland)
- Delta Airlines Gates D2, D4, D6, D8 (Atlanta, Chicago O'Hare, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, New York La Guardia, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington National)
- Midwest Express Gates D5 (Milwaukee)
- Skywest dba Delta Connection Gates D2, D4, D6, D8 (Dallas Ft. Worth)
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