Latest stats show 80 percent of Louis Armstrong New Orleans Airport flights on time

Nearly 80 percent of all flights at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport were on time in July, according to U.S. Department of Transportation figures released today.

Of the 20 percent that were late, 7.7 percent were the result of airport flight delays, 6.7 percent were because of air carrier delays, 4.1 percent were connected to national aviation system delays, 1 percent were attributed to weather, 0.9 percent were cancelled or diverted and 0.1 percent were because of a security delay.

Domestic passenger traffic at Armstrong Airport continued to fly high during the typically slow month of July -- just barely, according to figures released last month.

Here's the on-time performance of airlines at Armstrong in July:

-- ExpressJet, 90.7 percent of flights on schedule and 2.3 percent cancelled or diverted;

-- Frontier, 87.1 percent of flights on schedule and no cancellations or diversions;

-- JetBlue, 83.4 percent of flights on schedule and no cancellations or diversions;

-- Southwest, 82.3 percent of flights on schedule with 0.4 percent cancelled or diverted;

-- Delta, 81 percent of flights on schedule with 1.2 percent cancelled or diverted;

-- American, 79.4 percent of flights on schedule with 1.2 percent cancelled or diverted;

-- AirTran Airways, 78.7 percent of flights on schedule with 1.3 percent cancelled or diverted;

-- Continental, 75.2 percent of flights on schedule with 0.98 percent cancelled or diverted;

-- American Eagle, 71 percent of flights on schedule with 3.2 percent cancelled or diverted;

-- United, 70.4 percent of flights on schedule of the time with 1.1 percent cancelled or diverted; and

-- US Airways, 63.4 percent of flights on schedule with 2.5 percent cancelled or diverted.