New Orleans Airport Webcam – MSY Runway 11 Views

The New Orleans Airport Webcam watches the airfield at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, in Kenner, about 18 kilometers (11 miles) west of downtown New Orleans. The camera pans, tilts and zooms on its own, locking onto whichever aircraft the tracking software has picked up, so the frame swings from a jet on short final to an Airbus on the taxiway and back again. Hangars, fuel tanks and the airport surveillance radar tower stand behind the movements, with green Louisiana treeline beyond them. The operator places the camera beside runway 11, the longer of the two runways here and the one most traffic uses. This video was captured by an automatic tracking camera streaming live to the Flightradar24 YouTube channel.

About New Orleans Airport

The site covers 1,500 acres (607 hectares) in Kenner, Jefferson Parish, and averages 1.4 meters (4.5 feet) above sea level, which makes it the third lowest-lying international airport in the world. Two concrete runways cross the ground: 11/29 at 3,080 meters (10,104 feet), the busier of the two, and 02/20 at 2,134 meters (7,001 feet).

Commercial service began in May 1946, on a field then called Moisant Field after John Moisant, an aviator killed in a crash on December 31, 1910. The three-letter code still carries his name, because MSY stands for Moisant Stock Yards, the land the airport was built on. The terminal is newer. Designed by Cesar Pelli at a cost of 1.3 billion dollars, it opened in November 2019 with 35 gates across three concourses, and 13,177,660 passengers passed through it in 2024.

Weather and Climate at New Orleans Airport

Summer is hot and wet. July and August average highs near 31 C (88 F) and overnight lows around 25 C (77 F), with August the wettest month at roughly 237 millimeters (9.3 inches). The airport collects about 1,870 millimeters (73.6 inches) in an average year, and Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30.

Winter is mild, with January averaging 16 C (62 F) by day and 8 C (46 F) at night, but it brings the conditions that stop flights. Dense fog forms on still mornings and has diverted arrivals as far as Houston and Gulfport. Snow is rare enough to be historic: every departure was cancelled on January 22, 2025, after eight inches fell on the city, the heaviest in more than a century. October gives the cleanest air and the best light, at 26 C (79 F) by day and 19 C (66 F) overnight.

Things to Do Near New Orleans Airport

Rivertown lies about 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) from the runways, a sixteen-block historic district on the Mississippi levee in old Kenner. The Mardi Gras Museum, the Louisiana Toy Train Museum, the Cannes Brulee Native American Village and the Louis J. Roussel Jr. Planetarium and MegaDome Cinema sit within a few streets of each other, alongside a 300-seat theater and Heritage Park. On the north side of Kenner, Laketown is a 20-acre park on Lake Pontchartrain with fishing piers, a boat launch, a bike path and picnic ground.

Downtown New Orleans is 18 kilometers (11 miles) east. Jackson Square and the French Quarter are the obvious first stop. The St. Charles Avenue streetcar is worth the fare on its own: service started in 1835, the oldest continuously operating streetcar line anywhere, and the olive-green cars working it today were built in 1923 and 1924.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is New Orleans Airport located?

In Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, 18 kilometers (11 miles) west of downtown New Orleans.

What can you see on the New Orleans Airport Webcam?

Airliners landing, taxiing and taking off, the hangars and fuel farm along the edge of the field, and the treeline behind.

Which runway does the New Orleans Airport Webcam show?

The camera sits beside runway 11, the 3,080 meter (10,104 foot) strip that handles most movements at MSY. It is runway 29 in the other direction.

Why does the camera move on its own?

A receiver nearby picks up the position broadcasts aircraft transmit, and the software aims the lens at whichever one is moving.

What is the weather like at New Orleans Airport?

Hot and humid from June to September, near 31 C (88 F), and mild in winter at about 16 C (62 F). Morning fog is the most common cause of delay.

Why is the airport code MSY?

It comes from Moisant Stock Yards, the land the field was built on, named for the aviator John Moisant.

How busy is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport?

It handled 13,177,660 passengers in 2024, up 2.9 percent on the year before.

Source: Flightradar24