Louis Armstrong New Orleans International
MSY · KMSY · New Orleans, Louisiana · Jefferson County · map
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International is a public-use airport owned by the City of New Orleans, 10 miles west of New Orleans, Louisiana, 3 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 10,104 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 24 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 125,857 takeoffs and landings a year. About 6,356,526 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KMSY · observed 4:53 pm CDT (21:53 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 2,300 feet, scattered clouds at 4,500 feet, a broken layer at 11,000 feet, a broken layer at 25,000 feet
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 71°F (22°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:32 pm CDT (17:32 UTC), good until Wed 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 10 knots, gusting to 15, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 2,500 feet MVFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 4:00 am CDT (09:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMSY 062153Z VRB04KT 10SM FEW023 SCT045 BKN110 BKN250 27/22 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02720217
TAF KMSY 061732Z 0618/0724 06010G15KT P6SM BKN025 FM070000 07007KT P6SM BKN250 FM070900 06007KT P6SM SCT250
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MSY · ICAO KMSY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of New Orleans
- Elevation
- 3 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1944
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 10,104 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 7,002 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | |
| H2 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete, fair |
- Runway 11: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), 9,800 ft available for landing
- Runway 29: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 304 ft, 9,800 ft available for landing, tree 53 ft high 1,557 ft from the end
- Runway 02: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, runway lead-in lights, road 12 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 20: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), 6,948 ft available for landing, road 13 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS | 127.55 | New Orleans |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery When tower closed | 118.9 | Houma |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery When tower closed | 119.3 | Hammond |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery | 120.85 | |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance · Clearance delivery | 120.925 | New Orleans |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery | 124.3 | |
| Clearance delivery When New tower closed | 127.4 | Lakefront |
| Ground | 121.9 | New Orleans |
| Tower | 119.5 | New Orleans |
| Class B airspace · Approach and departure Southeast and south; South | 123.85 | New Orleans |
| Approach and departure · Awdad and star · Class B airspace West | 125.5 | New Orleans |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace · Mnstr and star East; North and east | 133.15 | New Orleans |
| Emergency | 121.5 | New Orleans |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 504-471-4486.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 125,857, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in New Orleans from the FAA register
157 aircraft are registered to owners in New Orleans, Louisiana: 116 piston singles, 22 piston twins, 11 business jets, 6 helicopters, 2 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 14 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 180 degrees and locked wheel turns prohibited on asphalt surface aircraft 12500 pounds and over.
- +12 feet road parallel to and 365 feet right of centerline 0-200 feet from runway end.
- +13 feet road parallel to and 289 feet left of centerline 0-200 feet from runway end.
- +53 feet tree, 1557 feet dist, 694 feet R, 30:1 based on displaced thld.
- Flocks of birds on and in vicinity of airport.
- Runway 11 noise sensitive for departure; available for opnl necessity. All runways noise sensitive for arrival. Arriving turbojets must make 5 mile final approach to minimize noise.
- Taxiway G between runway 11/29 and taxiway south surface mov guidance and control system out of service permission
- Taxiway east TSA is reduced to 171 feet, btw taxiway a and approach end runway 11 due to obstruction.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.