New Orleans Louis Armstrong (MSY) Airport

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  • MSY Airport Overview
    Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport MSY is located in the town of Kenner, Lousiana, approximaely 11 miles from central New Orleans. It makes traveling to the Big Easy--well--easy. The Airport changed its name in 2001 to include 'Louis Armstrong' in honor of New Orleans native’s 100th birthday. Many airlines serve the airport (low-fare Southwest being the dominant one), with direct and connecting flights to all points of the globe. Typically, New Orleans airport is hassle-free, but during Mardi Gras--when the city is inundated with tourists--airport officials recommend that passengers arrive at the airport at least two hours before departure time. A Hilton Hotel is across from the Parking Garages on Airline Drive.

    A medium-sized airport, MSY consists of a main terminal with a lower level baggage claim and an upper level ticketing lobby. Four concourses A - D extend from the main terminal. The terminal is fully accessible and offers eleven TDD telephones at different points. Some of its amenities include a bank, ATM machines, a post office, and foreign exchange (all located in the Ticket Lobby), a baggage storage is on the lower level (Baggage Claims 5/6), advance baggage check-in, airline lounges, and free WiFi access throughout most of the terminal. Tax-free and regular shops, as well as restaurants & bars offer an interesting selection.

    If you need to pick up a passenger at the Airport, use the free (up to 1 hr) Cell Phone Lot located on Airline Drive & Hollandey Street. Stay with your car until your party has collected luggage and calls you to be picked up at the curb. Or you can opt for the Short-Term Parking Garage at $2 for the first hour.
    Ticketless Parking is now available in the parking garages. Insert a credit card into the machine as you enter either garage. The computer will record your license plate and return your credit card to you. Upon your exit, pull up to any of the XPress Pay lanes and insert the same credit card. Your total cost will be calculated and a receipt printed at the exit. Parking options are: a Short-term Parking Garage with pedestrian crossovers on both sides to the Long-Term Parking Garage. The US Park, Park & Fly and Budget Lots are on Airline Drive.

    To get from the Airport to your destination, you can take a taxi or limo, or simply the Airport-Downtown Express (E-2) Bus, which picks up outside airport Entrance 7 on the upper level. The bus fare is $1.10. Fare boxes accept 1, 5, 10 & 20 dollar bills and all U.S. coins, and provide change in form of a value card that can be used for future fares.

    Louis Armstrong Airport is back from the ashes and is better than ever! It has plans for new construction under the New Capital Improvement Projects, which will include expansion of Concourse D. Next is the Consolidated Rental Car Facility (CONRAC), that will be a state-of-the-art facility housing all rental car companies, their ticket counters, offices and rental cars. Completion is presently scheduled for late 2012, with other projects still on tap. The Airport is also working closely with the Corps of Engineers and the Levee District to improve the hurricane levees at the west end of the airport with a completion goal of 2011.


  • Main Terminal / Concourses at New Orleans Louis Armstrong MSY Airport
    Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport has one Main Terminal and 4 Concourse A, B, C, D.