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Pilot information for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

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General information for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

Airport codes: MSY KMSY
Type: major airport (frequent airline service)
Scheduled airline service: yes
Serves: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Latitude: 29.993401 | 29 59.604034 N | N29 59 36
Longitude: -90.258003 | 90 15.480194 W | W090 15 28
Field elevation: 4 ft/1 m MSL
Magnetic variation: 0.4°E

Radio communication frequencies for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

A/D: 123.85 MHz (NEW ORLEANS APP/DEP)
ATIS: 127.55 MHz
CLD: 127.2 MHz (CLNC DEL)
GND: 121.9 MHz
TWR: 119.5 MHz
UNIC: 122.95 MHz (UNICOM)

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Runways at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

01/19: 7,001 x 150 ft (2,134 x 46 m) — paved — lighted
06/24: 3,570 x 150 ft (1,088 x 46 m) — paved — lighted
10/28: 10,104 x 150 ft (3,080 x 46 m) — other (PEM) — lighted— threshold 28 displaced 304 ft (93 m)

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Aviation weather for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

Current conditions (METAR) for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

Retrieved 2013/05/21 18:53:

KMSY 211853Z 16009G14KT 10SM SCT028 BKN080 29/22 A2994

Forecast (TAF) for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

Retrieved 2013/05/21 18:24:

TAF KMSY 211720Z 2118/2218 16012KT P6SM SCT035 BKN250 
     FM220000 16009KT P6SM SCT040 BKN250 
     FM220400 16006KT P6SM SCT015 
     FM221500 19010KT P6SM SCT015 BKN025

Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

Please confirm all NOTAMs at the original source! These are for information only, and may be wrong, out of date, or incomplete.

NOTAM 05/040: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!MSY 05/040 MSY OBST STACK UNKN (400 AGL) 16 WSW (2999N9039W) LGTS
OTS WEF 1305211329-1306051400
CREATED: 21 May 2013 13:29:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 05/039: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!MSY 05/039 MSY RWY 10/28 CLSD EXC CROSSING AVAIL 1 HR PPR 504 628 1160 WEF 1305211300-1305212000
CREATED: 21 May 2013 12:36:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 05/038: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!MSY 05/038 MSY RWY 19 PAPI OTS WEF 1305221300-1305221700
CREATED: 21 May 2013 12:23:00 
SOURCE: MOCC

NOTAM 05/027: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!MSY 05/027 MSY OBST TOWER 220 (212 AGL) 2 S (2957N09016W)(ASR UNKN) LGTS OTS TIL 1305250215
CREATED: 20 May 2013 14:43:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 05/023: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!MSY 05/023 MSY OBST TOWER 257 (248 AGL) 7.3 WSW LGTS OTS 
(ASR 1058436) WEF 1305170636-1306010636
CREATED: 17 May 2013 06:36:00 
SOURCE: MSY

NOTAM 05/022: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!MSY 05/022 MSY OBST TOWER 240 (232 AGL) 5.4 SW LGTS OTS (ASR 1022591) WEF 1305142147-1305292147
CREATED: 14 May 2013 21:47:00 
SOURCE: MSY

NOTAM 05/007: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!MSY 05/007 MSY OBST TOWER 221 (220 AGL) 3.4 S LGTS OTS (ASR 1266500)
TIL 1305230519
CREATED: 08 May 2013 05:19:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 03/025: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!NEW 03/025 HRV NAV VOR UNUSBL 291-352 BYD 30 BLW 2000
CREATED: 29 Mar 2013 17:34:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 03/024: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!NEW 03/024 HRV NAV VOR UNUSBL 280-290 BYD 30
CREATED: 29 Mar 2013 17:33:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 03/023: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!NEW 03/023 HRV NAV VOR UNUSBL 256-279 BYD 30 BLW 2000
CREATED: 29 Mar 2013 17:32:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 03/022: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!NEW 03/022 HRV NAV VOR UNUSBL 240-255 BYD 25 BLW 6000
CREATED: 29 Mar 2013 17:31:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 03/021: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!NEW 03/021 HRV NAV VOR UNUSBL 191-239 BYD 30 BLW 2000
CREATED: 29 Mar 2013 17:29:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 03/020: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!NEW 03/020 HRV NAV VOR UNUSBL 175-190 BYD 30 BLW 3000
CREATED: 29 Mar 2013 17:28:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 03/019: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!NEW 03/019 HRV NAV VOR UNUSBL 137-174 BYD 30 BLW 2000
CREATED: 29 Mar 2013 17:27:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 03/018: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!NEW 03/018 HRV NAV VOR UNUSBL 126-136 BYD 25 BLW 3000
CREATED: 29 Mar 2013 17:26:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 03/017: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!NEW 03/017 HRV NAV VOR UNUSBL 004-125 BYD 30 BLW 2000
CREATED: 29 Mar 2013 17:25:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 03/016: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!NEW 03/016 HRV NAV VOR UNUSBL 353-003 BYD 30 BLW 3000
CREATED: 29 Mar 2013 17:24:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 03/041: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!MSY 03/041 MSY TWY A TWY LGTS OTS NORTH RWY 10/28 TIL 1309012359
CREATED: 22 Mar 2013 14:39:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 03/040: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!MSY 03/040 MSY TWY D TWY LGTS OTS REFLECTORS ONLY TIL 1309012359
CREATED: 22 Mar 2013 14:37:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 03/016: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!MSY 03/016 MSY RWY 28 WINDSOCK UNLGTD TIL 1309012359
CREATED: 11 Mar 2013 17:41:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 03/015: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!MSY 03/015 MSY RWY 10 WINDSOCK UNLGTD TIL 1309012359
CREATED: 11 Mar 2013 17:40:00 
SOURCE: KDRIYFYX

NOTAM 05/163: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!DRI 05/163 TBD NAV TACAN AZM OTS
CREATED: 10 May 2012 19:14:00 
SOURCE: KMLCYFYX

NOTAM 1/7839: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY)

!FDC 1/7839 MSY LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
AIRPORT AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE, ESSENTIAL SERVICE 
BROADCAST. EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 30, 2011. THE FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION (FAA) HAS ADOPTED TWO ADS-B DATA LINKS: 1090 MHZ 
EXTENDED SQUITTER (1090ES) AND 978 MHZ UNIVERSAL ACCESS TRANSCEIVER 
(UAT). THE TWO LINKS OPERATE SIMILARLY AND SUPPORT TRAFFIC 
INFORMATION SERVICE-BROADCAST (TIS-B). ADDITIONALLY, THE UAT LINK 
SUPPORTS FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICE- BROADCAST (FIS-B). TIS-B SERVICE
WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM (NAS) 
WHERE THERE ARE BOTH ADEQUATE SURVEILLANCE COVERAGE (RADAR) AND 
ADEQUATE BROADCAST COVERAGE FROM ADS-B GROUND STATIONS. FIS-B SERVICE
AVAILABILITY IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE NAS IN 2013, AND IS 
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE WITHIN CERTAIN REGIONS. THIS NOTAM ANNOUNCES THE 
AVAILABILITY OF THE INITIAL TIS-B AND FIS-B CAPABILITY WITH THE LOUIS
ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTL MSY AIRPORT AIRSPACE. THE FAA IS 
DEVELOPING POLICY GUIDANCE MATERIAL ON AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT 
SURVEILLANCE-BROADCAST (ADS-B), ESSENTIAL SERVICES TIS-B AND FIS-B 
THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN TRADITIONAL SOURCE REFERENCES SUCH AS THE 
AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION MANUAL (AIM). REPORTS OF TIS-B AND FIS-B 
MALFUNCTIONS SHOULD BE REPORTED BY RADIO OR TELEPHONE TO THE NEAREST 
FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (FSS) FACILITY.
CREATED: 28 Nov 2011 22:38:00 
SOURCE: KDZZNAXX

Closest navaids to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

Kinte NDB

MS (-- ...), 338 KHz, United States 30.025200 | 30 1.511993 N | N30 01 30, -90.399902 | 90 23.994141 W | W090 23 59

7.6 nm (14.1 km) from NDB on track of 105° true / 104° magnetic

Harvey VORTAC

HRV (.... .-. ...-), 114.10 MHz, United States 29.850201 | 29 51.012039 N | N29 51 00, -90.002998 | 90 0.179901 W | W090 00 10, 3 ft / 1 m MSL

15.8 nm (29.3 km) from VORTAC on track of 303° true / 303° magnetic (301° radial)

Reserve VOR-DME

RQR (.-. --.- .-.), 110.80 MHz, United States 30.087500 | 30 5.249977 N | N30 05 14, -90.588600 | 90 35.316010 W | W090 35 18, 7 ft / 2 m MSL

18.1 nm (33.5 km) from VOR-DME on track of 108° true / 108° magnetic (106° radial)

Slidell NDB

DEF (-.. . ..-.), 256 KHz, United States 30.296801 | 30 17.808037 N | N30 17 48, -89.834099 | 89 50.045929 W | W089 50 02, 15 ft / 5 m MSL

28.6 nm (52.9 km) from NDB on track of 230° true / 230° magnetic

Houma NDB

HU (.... ..-), 219 KHz, United States 29.664301 | 29 39.858055 N | N29 39 51, -90.661697 | 90 39.701843 W | W090 39 42, 6 ft / 2 m MSL

28.9 nm (53.4 km) from NDB on track of 47° true / 46° magnetic

Hammond VOR

HMU (.... -- ..-), 109.60 MHz, United States 30.519400 | 30 31.163979 N | N30 31 09, -90.417503 | 90 25.050201 W | W090 25 03, 40 ft / 12 m MSL

32.6 nm (60.5 km) from VOR on track of 165° true / 165° magnetic (162° radial)

Florenville NDB

FNA (..-. -. .-), 371 KHz, United States 30.415600 | 30 24.935989 N | N30 24 56, -89.820099 | 89 49.205933 W | W089 49 12, 19 ft / 6 m MSL

34.0 nm (63.0 km) from NDB on track of 222° true / 222° magnetic

Tibby VORTAC

TBD (- -... -..), 112.00 MHz, United States 29.664301 | 29 39.858055 N | N29 39 51, -90.829102 | 90 49.746094 W | W090 49 44, 10 ft / 3 m MSL

35.7 nm (66.1 km) from VORTAC on track of 57° true / 56° magnetic (55° radial)