This artist rendering provided by FXFOWLE Architects illustrates a proposed plan for a runway and terminal, center, on the island that now houses the city's massive Rikers Island jail complex, which is just across a narrow stretch of water from LaGuardia Airport, lower right. A commission urging the city to close the jail complex says an option for reusing the space could be a new runway and terminal extension of the airport, which last year had by far the highest rate of late-arriving flights of any of the nation's 29 biggest airports. (FXFOWLE Architects via AP)
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