Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

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The Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport ( IATA: MSY, ICAO: KMSY ) is the airport of the city of New Orleans in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located 19 km west of New Orleans in the city of Kenner in Jefferson Parish. The airport is owned by the city of New Orleans. Armstrong International is the main civil airport of the New Orleans metropolitan area and southeast Louisiana. The airport, which was formerly known as Moisant Field is also known under the names of Louis Armstrong International Airport and New Orleans International Airport.

With its average sea level of only 1.2 m, it is after the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, which is 3 m below sea level, nestled at the second lowest.

Louis Armstrong International was set for punctuality and service in February 2008 by U.S. News & World Report ranked 4th in the list of the 47 busiest airports in the United States.

At one time the airport was an important gateway to Latin America. These compounds, however, are now gone to the turnstiles of the International Airlines.

The still used today for General Aviation smaller New Orleans Lakefront Airport was up to the Second World War, the main airport of New Orleans.

2.1 Earlier international connections
2.2 resumption of international traffic

3.1 Hall A
3.2 Hall B
3.3 Hall C (International)
3.4 Hall D

4.1 Freight companies

History

The airport was originally known as Moisant Field, and was named after the stunt pilot John Moisant. This fell from 1910 in the field at that time still used for agriculture, which was then called Moisont Stockyard. The initials still form the today's airport IATA code.

As the former main airport, the New Orleans Lakefront Airport, was no longer sufficient, began in 1940, the plans for a new airport. In 1944 the area was first used as a military airfield. As of 1946, the Moisant Field was used as a civilian airport.

By 1959, the passenger check-in took place in a hangar -like makeshift until a new terminal building was constructed, the core is still in operation.

In November 1959, Douglas DC-7 crashed out of Tampa Coming ( National Airlines flight 967 ) in front of New Orleans over the Gulf of Mexico from.

In the 1960s, the city authorities had to check whether a major new airport could be built. This should work just as successful as the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston or Dallas -Fort Worth International Airport in Dallas. The airport was built on a man-made island and with connection to Interstate 10 and U.S. Highway 90 in a bay of Lake Pontchartrain east of the city. In the early 1970s, but decided only to modernize the existing airport and so the currently existing terminals and departure halls were built. Only a few months before Hurricane Katrina presented Mayor Ray Nagin a plan which provided for a new airport in the west of the city located Montz. This initiative but then suffered the same fate as the earlier plans.

Previously operating Eastern Air Lines, a broad line service from MSY. With aircraft such as the Boeing 727 Dallas, Tampa and Miami were also served as New York and Atlanta. National Airlines flew to Miami, Tampa, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco International Airport. By 1979, Southern Airways MSY flew aircraft of the type Douglas DC-9. Delta Air Lines was a further major airline with connections to MSY. Today, Southwest Airlines is the company with the largest number of passengers in New Orleans.

MSY was in 1985 hub for only three months existing Pride Air

On the occasion of his 100th birthday of the airport in 2001 after the famous originating from New Orleans jazz musician Louis Armstrong was named.

On July 9, 1982 Pan Am Flight 759 was launched, which was between landed Coming from Miami, with the aim of Las Vegas. The Boeing 727 would start from the east-west running runway 10/28, but did not win enough at the starting height. The plane grazed some trees and crashed into a residential area. 153 people died (all 145 persons on board and 8 people on the ground ). The accident was at that time the second largest fatal plane crash in U.S. history. The body responsible for determining the cause NTSB found that wind shear during the phase of the lifting caused the accident. Shear Wind instruments on board the machine and on the airport premises ( including in MSY) protect today modern aircraft against such atmospheric turbulence.

Hurricane Katrina

At the approach of Hurricane Katrina, the airport on August 28, 2005, closed to public traffic. Early September was the release for military machines that flew in relief supplies and people from the flooded city evacuated. On 13 September 2005, the airport was reopened.

Delta Air Lines began with four connections to Atlanta and Northwest Airlines to Memphis. Gradually, other airlines such as American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and Continental Airlines with initially limited service began to take the traffic again.

Internationally

The Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport has in the departure hall C an area for international flights. Computing rooms for security checks, customs and immigration officials are housed. The gates allow direct access to the aircraft and are able to handle aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 747-400.

Since September 2009, there is an international non-stop service. Aeromexico Connect fly with airplanes Embraer to Mexico City.

Earlier international connections

Before Hurricane Katrina, there were regular connections from Air Canada to Toronto and Grupo TACA to San Pedro Sula in Honduras. In the 1980s, New Orleans served as a stopover for flights from London to Mexico City. National Airlines flew nonstop to Amsterdam, temporarily bot Eastern Air Lines connections to Caracas (Venezuela) and to Panama City in Panama on. Continental Airlines and Aeromexico offered flights to Mexico City and Cancun. in the 1990s flew with Trans World Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 machines Mexico City. In the 1970s and 1980s served to various airlines Central America. These are now either part of the Grupo TACA or gone into bankruptcy.

In the 1990s and the 2000s flew in the holiday season charter companies twice a week with Boeing 727 or 737 Montego Bay in Jamaica and the Bahamas.

Resumption of international traffic

All international flights to and from MSY hired after Hurricane Katrina. The first international flights to Katrina were charter flights from London, Manchester, Bournemouth and Nottingham in the UK, who arrived on the occasion of Mardi Gras.

Grupo TACA began to seasonal charter flights from MSY to San Pedro Sula and San Salvador in the summer of 2008.

In December 2008, Aeromexico received the approval of the Department of Transportation of the United States for taking a regular service from New Orleans to Mexico City. In July 2009, AeroMexico and its subsidiary Aerotiteral began operating from MSY to Mexico City.

In August, 2009, the City Skies Air announced that it will commence non-stop flights from MSY to Cancun, Mexico City, Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula ..

Terminals and departure halls

Louis Armstrong International has two terminals ( East and West) that are connected to the central switch hall. Adjacent to it are four departure halls (A, B, C and D).

Hall A

The Hall A was opened in 1974 and has six gates: A1, A3, A5, A6, A7, A8. The gates were closed A1/A3/A5.

Hall B

The Hall B was opened in 1974 and has 13 Gates: B1 -B13

Hall C (International)

Flights to the Caribbean and Canada, charter flights and reserve Gates Hall C was opened in 1991 and has 15 gates: C1 - C12, C14 - C16

Hall D

The Hall D is the latest and is home to the Delta Air Lines Sky Club the only remaining airline club at the airport. The Hall D has seven gates: D1 - D6, D8

Airlines and destinations

Aeroméxico Connect - Mexico City - C AirTran Airways - Atlanta, Baltimore - C American Airlines - Chicago -O'Hare, Dallas / Fort Worth, Miami - C American Eagle - Chicago O'Hare - C Continental Airlines - Houston, Newark - D Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines - Cleveland, Houston, Newark ( seasonal) - D Delta Air Lines - Memphis, Minneapolis / St.Paul, New York -LaGuardia - C Delta Air Lines - Atlanta, Los Angeles Airport - D Delta Connection operated by Comair - Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky - D Delta Connection operated by Mesaba Airlines - Detroit - C Delta Connection operated by SkyWest Airlines - Salt Lake City - D JetBlue Airways - Boston, New York - JFK - C Southwest Airlines - Baltimore, Birmingham (AL), Chicago -Midway, Dallas -Love, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Houston -Hobby, Las Vegas, Nashville, Orlando, Phoenix, St. Louis, Tampa - B United Airlines - Chicago -O'Hare [ seasonal ], Denver, Los Angeles, Washington - Dulles (seasonal) - C United Express operated by Shuttle America - Chicago -O'Hare, Denver, Washington - Dulles - C U.S. Airways - Charlotte, Philadelphia, Washington - Reagan - A U.S. Airways Express operated by Republic Airways - Charlotte, Washington - Reagan - A Frontier Airlines - Denver - Planned Start: June 15, 2010

Freight companies

Ameri Flight - Houston FedEx Express - Memphis, Orlando, Lafayette, Shreveport UPS Airlines - Louisville

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