New Orleans $1.4Bil Terminal: less gates, more CO2, poor access, and a wall

10/23/2025

New Orleans June 2024 Revenue Estimating Committee Meeting Financial Warning issued to the Council

Inflation has increased the cost of goods by 20%
Revenue, tourism, and jobs are down
Don't expect the Super Bowl to be a big windfall of revenue in 2025 as it happens during the Mardi Gras season, which already has a demand for lodging and dining.

New Orleans June 2024 Revenue Estimating Committee Meeting Financial Warning issued to the Council Inflation has increased the cost of goods by 20%Revenue, t...

10/21/2025

At most airports there is a sit down workspace at the gate. This is Reagan International Airport. MSY does not offer this. It would be nice, especially when flights are delayed due to rain, etc...

09/28/2025

United Terminal at SFO. Plenty of room to work, for children, or to rest. New Orleans had that opportunity on the South Side.

09/28/2025

There is no free counter workspace at the airport. If you want to work at a counter, you need to buy something. The open counters in the pictures were at one of the bars and Flose's restaurant on the United concourse of the terminal.

They were empty for hours yesterday, while people wanting to work and not drink had to work on the floor. I sat down at the counter closer to my gate (C&) to work and was told I had to buy a drink to stay there, even though the table was empty and the airport traffic was very low.

09/28/2025

In these pictures it looks likes the tarmac has sunk more than a foot from the Airport terminal- is that correct?

08/28/2025

What happens when you move the terminal to a wetlands area...

08/28/2025

After spending $1.4 moving the terminal to the northside, they realized the parking, rental cars, and Amtrack are on the southside.

So now the politicians are looking for $500 million to move people back to the south side.

08/25/2025

Now that Mitch Landrieu moved the airport to the North Side of the Runway, how many hundreds of millions will be spent to move passengers back to the South Side for parking, rental cars, and Amtrack?

What was the cost to build a flyover and access road to the north side? What was the cost the the community that was displaced? The cost of the flooding to Kenner?

How much Landrieu Concrete will be needed for these new projects?

"KEY TAKEAWAYS:

$84.5M project to build express shuttle connector road
Funded by FAA grants under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Road will link parking garages and rental car center to terminal
Project supports future Baton Rouge–New Orleans passenger rail

Construction is set to begin on an $84.5 million express shuttle roadway at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, a project officials say will ease traffic congestion and improve passenger access between airport facilities.

The City of New Orleans, the New Orleans Aviation Board, and state and federal partners will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 10: 30 a.m. Tuesday, August 26.

Funded by Federal Aviation Administration grants under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Express Shuttle Connector Road will create a dedicated route linking the airport’s south campus — home to parking garages and the Rental Car Center — with the north campus terminal.

Officials said the road will reduce shuttle travel times and lay the groundwork for future intermodal connections, including a planned passenger rail line between Baton Rouge and New Orleans."

Louis Armstrong Airport will begin an $84.5M connector road project to reduce congestion, improve shuttle access, and support future rail links.

08/15/2025

They should consider and explain to the public why they can not renovate the old terminal which has parking, rental cars, a direct line to NORCO for jet fuel, the Amtrack stop, a shorter distance to New Orleans via Airline Highway and the Earhart Expressway, and will not further destroy the Veterans Heights Neighborhood.

08/15/2025

By Gabby Killett
Published: Aug. 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM PDT
KENNER, La. (WVUE) - Jefferson Parish and Kenner officials say that a community meeting Tuesday (Aug. 12) was the first time they were briefed on the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport’s master plan.

They say strong communication will be vital as the airport aims to begin a major expansion.

“We need to have honest conversations about the impacts of the New Orleans airport to Jefferson Parish, and particularly Kenner,” Jefferson Parish Council member Arita Bohannan said.

Airport officials presented their master plan to the public Tuesday at Susan Park Gymnasium in Kenner. Bohannan said that despite earlier public records requests for the plan, it was the first time anyone briefed her on what the airport’s proposed expansion might look like.

“In order to have sincere conversations, we have to start them. Not after we’re presenting the plan, but during the plan planning process,” Bohannan said.

Last month, airport officials presented a nearly completed plan to the New Orleans City Council. Included was a plan to add 15 new gates and a second terminal to the airport by 2031.

Second terminal proposed to open by 2031

07/23/2025

So the MSY web site states the new terminal is expandable by 7 more gates. Airport officials state 15 more gates are needed. ... Looking at the map of the area, one can see the benefits to having kept the airport terminal on the south side, which still has the rental car facility, Amtrack to Baton Rouge and Mobile, parking, easier access to New Orleans, etc... Plus the southside option did not destroy a neighborhood.

07/23/2025

https://www.wbrz.com/news/msy-officials-say-the-airport-will-need-15-new-gates-other-upgrades-by-2031-if-growth-continues/

MSY officials say the airport will need 15 new gates, other upgrades by 2031 if growth continues