By The Epoch Times | Created at 2026-06-18 05:20:11 | Updated at 2026-06-20 07:48:35
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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
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.
