The industry average for on-time arrival rate was 81.8 percent of flights, compared with 80 percent in 2011.

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The nationwide on-time arrival rate was 78.9 percent, and the departure rate was similar, study co-author Robert Puentes said.

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The ideal arrival rate into Miami International is 72 aircraft per hour.

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New York's on-time arrival rate, 66.3 percent, was worst in the nation, said the study, which analyzed air travel between metro areas rather than airports.

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Midwest's on-time arrival rate during Thanksgiving in recent years was 69.1%.

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With the run-rate plummeting as wickets fell, the arrival of a desperately out of form Paul Collingwood was perhaps not the tonic the England fans would have wanted, but the Durham man is nothing if not a fighter.

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Straight after a meal, the rate of synthesis doubles, prompted by the arrival of a large amount of amino acids.

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In fact, this week, from Sunday Oct. 7 through Tuesday Oct. 9, ontime arrival rates were 69.5%, 69.1%, and 70.2% The rate has improved by 16% from September to October, and cancellations have fallen by 27%.

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The rate of increase in health spending certainly slowed down during the Clinton administration largely due to the arrival of managed care but in absolute dollar terms, federal health spending in the last year of the Clinton administration was 75 percent higher than in the last year of President George H.

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