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24 mar 2015 · MSY in New Orleans is named for Louis Armstrong today, but it used to be named for aviator John Moisant and the Moisant Stock Yards. Finally, SNA, John Wayne International Airport, is named...
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (IATA: MSY, ICAO: KMSY, FAA LID: MSY) is an international airport under Class B airspace in Kenner city, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by the city of New Orleans and is 11 miles (18 km) west of downtown New Orleans. [3]
The accident took place in the current location of Luis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. The owners wanted to honor him, so they called the stock yards the Moisant Stock Yards, or MSY for short: certainly the best airport code story of all.
22 kwi 2023 · The airport’s new code, MSY, is derived from its former name, Moisant Field. The "M" and "S" stand for Moisant Stock Yards, which was a livestock market that used to be located near the airport site.
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) gets its IATA code from Moisant Stock Yards, the area of land where it was built.
6 lis 2019 · Passengers flying in and out of the airport (which was renamed Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in 2001) often wonder about the facility's MSY designation. It stands for Moisant...
1 paź 2019 · Which brings us back to John Moisant, the man whose legacy lives on – to the befuddlement of many a modern traveler – in New Orleans’ three-letter airport code, MSY. As the city prepares to open its new, $1 billion airport, it’s only fitting to revisit his story and to explain those letters.
