Former terminal of New Orleans International Airport

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The inside of MSY's former Concourse C

The former terminal of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport was designed by Goldstein Parham & Labouisse and Herbert A. Benson, George J. Riehl and built by J. A. Jones Company, and opened in 1959. The core of this structure formed much of the facility used until November 2019. It is situated on the south side of the airfield. The terminal contained two sections, East and West, connected by a central ticketing alley. Four concourses, A, B, C and D, were attached to the terminal, and had a total of 47 gates. The vaulted arrivals lounge at the head of Concourse C and the adjacent, western half of the ticketing alley are the remaining portions of the airport's 1959 terminal complex.

Concourses[]

Concourse A opened in 1974 and had 6 gates. Most recently home to Northwest Airlines (since merged with Delta Air Lines) and US Airways (since merged with American Airlines), this concourse was closed first.

Concourse B opened in 1974 and had 11 gates. Southwest Airlines was the sole occupant of this concourse.

Except customs pre-cleared flights, all nonstop international arrivals were handled by Concourse C. This concourse also contained both common-use and overflow gates, available for infrequent services and charter flights as well. Concourse C has 15 Gates.

Concourse C opened on March 18, 1992, and was remodeled in 2007, according to a design by Manning Architects, after being damaged in a tornado the previous February.[1][2]

The concourse was used by Air Transat, Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Air, American Airlines, British Airways, Condor, Copa Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue, and Spirit Airlines.

Concourse D opened on December 23, 1996, and housed a Delta Sky Club in between gates D2 and D4, the sole such airline club remaining at Armstrong.[3] Originally completed with only six gates, Concourse D received a six-gate rotunda addition, designed by Sizeler Thompson Brown,[4] and inaugurated in 2011. This rotunda includes gates D7-12.[5]

Concourse D had 12 operating gates at time of closure. Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and Air Canada Express operated from Concourse D.

Current usage[]

After closing it has been used as a TV and film production venue and a temporary skate park and still houses the airport administration offices[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Chatelain, Kim (March 19, 1992). "Airport Concourse is Opened to Raves". The Times-Picayune. New Orleans.
  2. ^ "Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Concourse C - Manning Architects". Archived from the original on December 17, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  3. ^ Grissett, Sheila (December 24, 1996). "Airport's Big D New Concourse Sleek, Modern and Best of All, Shorter". The Times-Picayune. New Orleans.
  4. ^ "Travel - Sizeler Thompson Brown Architects". Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  5. ^ Hammer, David (October 28, 2011). "New Orleans Airport Opens Concourse D Expansion". The Times-Picayune. New Orleans. Archived from the original on October 30, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
  6. ^ Chris Sloan. "The abandoned airport terminal where everything still works". CNN. Retrieved 2021-07-23.

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