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Large airport · United States

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

New Orleans, United States · #158 world#38 of 114 in country

MSYIATA code
KMSYICAO code
12.4Mpassengers in 2025
3,080 mlongest of 2 runways
1 melevation · 3 ft
1944opened
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)
Photo: Infrogmation · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY/KMSY) is an airport in the United States serving New Orleans.

It handled 12,434,800 passengers in 2025, making it number 158 in our world ranking and number 38 of 114 ranked airports in the United States.

It has 2 runways, the longest 3,080 m, at an elevation of 1 m.

Passengers per year

2012–2025
8.7M9.3M9.9M10.9M11.4M12M13.1M13.6M5.3M8.1M11.9M12.7M13.2M12.4M
2012’122013’132014’142015’152016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’25
Identification
IATA
MSY
ICAO
KMSY
Wikidata
Q1461076
Location
City served
New Orleans
Located in
Louisiana
Coordinates
29.9933, -90.2581
Elevation
1 m (3 ft)
Organisation
Type
international airport, airport
Opened
1944-10-01
Operator
New Orleans
Owner
New Orleans
Named after
Louis Armstrong, New Orleans
Runways
02/20
2,134 m · 7,001 ftconcrete
11/29
3,080 m · 10,105 ftconcrete