MSY

Transportation & Travel abbreviation · Airport Code

MSY
Stands forLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
CategoriesTransportation & Travel

MSY stands for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, an airport code abbreviation.

Gateway to New Orleans, located in suburban Kenner, Louisiana, about 11 miles west of the French Quarter. A new single terminal on the north side of the airfield opened in November 2019.

Example: Flight lands at MSY at noon, so we'll be eating beignets by 1:30.

Usage notes

ICAO code KMSY. The code comes from Moisant Stock Yards: the airport was built on land once used as stockyards and was named Moisant Field after aviator John Moisant, who died in a 1910 crash near the site. It was renamed in 2001 for jazz legend Louis Armstrong, a New Orleans native, on what would have been his 100th birthday year.

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