Several airlines have long built published statistics on on-time arrivals into bonus plans.

The airlines' on-time arrivals averaged 83.9 percent in September, down from 85.6 percent a year earlier, the survey showed.

Delays are also a factor, he said, and Newark was ranked last among the nation's major airports for on-time arrivals in 1998, at 64.7 percent.

Amtrak's maximum tolerance of on-time arrival is 30 minutes for trains going more than 551 miles.

In on-time arrivals, the carrier jumped from eighth a year ago to first by January.

The illustration will feature the report card on on-time arrivals.

And the magazine has singled out the five domestic flights with the worst on-time arrivals.

This week, monitoring systems kept an eye on traffic patterns and even the weather to ensure on-time arrivals.

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Miami, in first place, had 83 percent on-time arrivals.