MSY Airport Tips: How to Make Your New Orleans Airport Transfer Seamless

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport unveiled a sleek new terminal in November 2019, featuring a contemporary design and a more optimized passenger experience. If you are a frequent flyer to MSY or arriving at NOLA for the first time, these tips will help you maneuver through the airport smoothly and ensure a swift arrival for your ground transportation pickup.

Terminal

The MSY terminal consists of three concourses (A, B and C) linked by one large hall. Once you have arrived and disembarked follow the signs for baggage claim; they are all in one location so you will not have trouble. Once you have claimed your bags and picked them up, find the transportation outside at the arrivals level just outside of the baggage claim doors.

Car service drivers will usually meet you right outside or in a designated parking lot/hardstand area with a sign showing your name.

Timing

Plan on 15 to 20 minutes from gate arrival to baggage claim during business hours and up to 30 minutes during busy periods. Jazzy Limousine & Shuttle provides free 30-minute waiting for all airport pickups and tracks your flight in real time, so your driver responds to your early or late flight automatically. The drive from MSY to the French Quarter is 25 to 35 minutes, to the Garden District is 30 to 40 minutes, and to Metairie is 15 to 20 minutes.

Comparison

Getting to and from the MSY airport. Transportation services to/from the MSY airport include you own vehicle, hotel shuttles, taxis, private car services, and rideshares like Uber and Lyft. Rideshares are priced dynamically for demand and surge during events and late hours.

Taxis travel the meter. Hotel shuttles can make you wait until the next departure time. Jazzy Limousine & Shuttle offers flat rate pricing with a dedicated PAX-certified chauffeur that will arrive 15 minutes early, stow your luggage, and deliver you in a luxury car maintained by a professional driver—which is a reliably better way to travel for the business traveler or anyone who desires to rely on something even better.