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New York LaGuardia airport to temporarily close runway to address pavement issue

By Reuters Reuters
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. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Shannon Stapleton Reuters

New York's LaGuardia airport said on Wednesday it will close a runway at 5 p.m. EDT 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.

(Reporting by David Shepardson)

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This story was originally published June 17, 2026 at 5:08 PM.

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