![]() ![]() Four concourses, A, B, C and D, were attached to the terminal, and had a total of 47 gates. The terminal contained two sections, East and West, connected by a central ticketing alley. It is situated on the south side of the airfield. The core of this structure formed much of the facility used until November 2019. A new terminal complex debuted in 1959 towards the end of Mayor DeLesseps "Chep" Morrison's administration. When commercial service began at Moisant Field in 1946, the terminal was a large, makeshift hangar-like building-a sharp contrast to airports in then-peer cities. ![]() In September 1947, the airport was shut down as it was submerged under two feet of water in the wake of the 1947 Fort Lauderdale Hurricane's impact. It returned to civil control after the war and commercial service began at Moisant Field in May 1946. ![]() In World War II the land became a government air base. Its IATA code MSY was derived from Moisant Stock Yards, as Lakefront Airport retained the code NEW. The airport was originally named Moisant Field after daredevil aviator John Moisant, who died in 1910 in an airplane crash on agricultural land where the airport is now located. Plans for a new airport began in 1940, as evidence mounted that the older Shushan Airport ( New Orleans Lakefront Airport) was too small. History The airport in the 1960s Beginnings At an average of 4.5 feet (1.4 m) above sea level, MSY is the third lowest-lying international airport in the world, only behind Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands, which is 11 feet (3.4 m) below sea level, and Atyrau International Airport in Kazakhstan, which lies 72 feet (22 m) below sea level. Armstrong International is the primary commercial airport for the New Orleans metropolitan area and southeast Louisiana. A small portion of Runway 11/29 is in unincorporated St. It is owned by the city of New Orleans and is 11 miles (18 km) west of downtown New Orleans. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport ( IATA: MSY, ICAO: KMSY, FAA LID: MSY) ( French: Aéroport international Louis Armstrong de La Nouvelle-Orléans) is an international airport under Class B airspace in Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. ![]()
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