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.
By David Shepardson