New Orleans airport reopens for humanitarian flights

KENNER, La. (AP) — The New Orleans International Airport has reopened to allow humanitarian flights in and out, officials said Wednesday.

The flights at Louis Armstrong International Airport in this storm-ravaged suburb of New Orleans will take place only during daylight hours.

The airport gave no indication of when commercial flights might resume.

Officials said the airport has no significant airfield damage and had no standing water in aircraft movement areas. The airport sustained damage to its roofs, hangars and fencing, officials said.