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

By Thomson Reuters Jun 17, 2026 | 4:08 PM

June 17 (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)