New York LaGuardia Airport to Temporarily Close Runway to Address Pavement Issue

New York LaGuardia Airport to Temporarily Close Runway to Address Pavement Issue
Planes cue on the runway for takeoff as another lands at New York's LaGuardia airport, where closure of one of the runways due to a sinkhole on Wednesday is expected to continue until early Saturday, snarling flights for the busy Memorial Day travel period in New York City, U.S., May 22, 2026. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
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New York’s ‌LaGuardia airport said on Wednesday ‌it will close ⁠a runway at 5 p.m. ET to ​address a pavement issue, ⁠the second time in less than a month it has been forced to close a ‌runway.

The ⁠airport said a two-inch ‌depression adjacent to a runway was ​identified, forcing the closure ​so crews can ​conduct additional testing, identify the cause, ⁠and perform any stabilization work and aim to return ​the runway to ⁠operations by Thursday morning. ​Last ​month, ‌the busy airport was forced to close ‌a runway for two ⁠days because of a runway ​sinkhole.