MSY — Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- IATA code
- MSY
- ICAO code
- KMSY
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 12,015,418
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
- Nonstop routes
- 128
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−6 / UTC−5
- America/Chicago
- Elevation
- 1 m
- 3 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 3,080 m
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About MSY
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is a large airport serving New Orleans, United States. It opened in 1944 and is run by New Orleans. 12,015,418 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 128 nonstop routes from MSY.
Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from MSY
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| MSY → ATL | 684 km | 1,180,655 |
| MSY → DFW | 720 km | 679,126 |
| MSY → IAH | 490 km | 664,139 |
| MSY → MCO | 888 km | 585,880 |
| MSY → DEN | 1,708 km | 573,231 |
| MSY → DAL | 701 km | 465,945 |
| MSY → ORD | 1,347 km | 459,494 |
| MSY → CLT | 1,048 km | 436,194 |
| MSY → HOU | 486 km | 435,455 |
| MSY → LAX | 2,687 km | 412,246 |
| MSY → MIA | 1,086 km | 365,481 |
| MSY → LGA | 1,905 km | 362,782 |
| MSY → FLL | 1,085 km | 362,587 |
| MSY → AUS | 713 km | 352,227 |
| MSY → BNA | 758 km | 342,958 |
| MSY → DCA | 1,560 km | 310,982 |
| MSY → EWR | 1,878 km | 290,852 |
| MSY → BWI | 1,607 km | 264,907 |
| MSY → LAS | 2,413 km | 252,759 |
| MSY → MDW | 1,328 km | 249,746 |
| MSY → TPA | 786 km | 247,534 |
| MSY → JFK | 1,903 km | 235,454 |
| MSY → PHX | 2,092 km | 220,204 |
| MSY → BOS | 2,201 km | 215,707 |
| MSY → PHL | 1,752 km | 212,706 |
| MSY → DTW | 1,491 km | 203,657 |
| MSY → SEA | 3,356 km | 181,877 |
| MSY → IAD | 1,537 km | 158,586 |
| MSY → MSP | 1,673 km | 143,754 |
| MSY → STL | 971 km | 140,439 |
| MSY → SFO | 3,074 km | 138,767 |
| MSY → SLC | 2,298 km | 114,534 |
| MSY → LHR | 7,451 km | 83,650 |
| MSY → SAN | 2,573 km | 82,967 |
| MSY → MCI | 1,110 km | 75,550 |
| MSY → SAT | 795 km | 74,080 |
| MSY → RDU | 1,255 km | 67,492 |
| MSY → CHS | 1,023 km | 54,035 |
| MSY → CUN | 1,049 km | 50,093 |
| MSY → SAP | 1,628 km | 35,359 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airlines at MSY
- WN Southwest Airlines · 36,684 flights
- DL Delta Air Lines · 14,857 flights
- AA American Airlines · 14,769 flights
- UA United Air Lines · 13,582 flights
- NK Spirit Air Lines · 5,761 flights
- MX Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze · 3,931 flights
- B6 JetBlue Airways · 2,678 flights
- F9 Frontier Airlines · 2,030 flights
- OH PSA Airlines · 1,742 flights
- YX Republic Airline · 1,617 flights
- MQ Envoy Air · 1,558 flights
- AS Alaska Airlines · 1,464 flights
- OO SkyWest Airlines · 1,162 flights
- BA British Airways · 428 flights
- YV Mesa Airlines · 361 flights
- AC Air Canada · 199 flights
- G4 Allegiant Air · 198 flights
- SY Sun Country Airlines · 181 flights
- RV Air Canada rouge LP · 116 flights
- XP TEM Enterprises dba Avelo Airlines · 60 flights
Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources
Punctuality
- Departures on time
- 77.2%
- Within 15 minutes of schedule
- Cancelled
- 1.5%
- Departures counted
- 49,152
- US domestic flights
US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| BTR | Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport | 104 km |
| GPT | Gulfport Biloxi International Airport | 124 km |
| LFT | Lafayette Regional Airport | 167 km |
| PIB | Hattiesburg Laurel Regional Airport | 186 km |
| MOB | Mobile Regional Airport | 209 km |
Distance from MSY to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 3,080 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
| 02/20 | 2,134 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · 29.9934, -90.2647
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