re: Here’s my review of the New Orleans Airport (MSY)

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You’d think check-in would be on the first floor. Nope. Third. Restaurants and shops are on the first.

Next, you’d think TSA is on the same floor as check-in. Nope, go back to the 2nd floor.

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If you are in an aiport of any size, baggage claim is on first floor and check-in / gates is on a higher floor. You know because of the jetway attaching to the plane...

Also, there are hardly any "restuarants and shops" on the first floor. They are almost exclusively on the second floor.

TSA is on same floor as the gates, which makes sense.

The only "weird" thing about the airport is check-in on level 3, but a third level is becoming common in newly built terminals as a way to save space.

If you park in the short-term garage, or are dropped off, you arrive on the same level as check-in. If you park in long-term, then yes you enter on the first floor and go up to three. Supposedly, a walkway from the long term parking to the third floor of the terminal is being planned.