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)

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