page_title: Gulf Coast of the United States
section_title: International service
hierarchical_section_title: Gulf Coast of the United States / Transportation / Air / International service
caption_attribution_description: English: New Orleans Armstrong Airport (MSY), June 2007
context_page_description: The Gulf Coast of the United States is the coastline along the Southern United States where they meet the Gulf of Mexico. The coastal states that have a shoreline on the Gulf of Mexico are Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, and these are known as the Gulf States.
  The economy of the Gulf Coast area is dominated by industries related to energy, petrochemicals, fishing, aerospace, agriculture, and tourism. The large cities of the region are McAllen, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Houston, Galveston, Beaumont, Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Gulfport, Biloxi, Mobile, Pensacola, Tallahassee, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and increasingly, Sarasota. All are the centers of their respective metropolitan areas and most contain large ports.
context_section_description: International Destinations
caption: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
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