{"id":238663,"date":"2026-05-20T22:47:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/238663\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T22:47:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:47:17","slug":"sinkhole-closes-busy-laguardia-airport-runway-sparks-fears-of-delays-cancellations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/238663\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinkhole closes busy LaGuardia Airport runway \u2014 sparks fears of delays, cancellations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/laguardia-airport-runway-sinkhole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sinkhole<\/a> found on a LaGuardia Airport runway Wednesday led to flight delays, as workers scrambled to make repairs, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The pit was discovered around 11 a.m. near Runway 4\/22 as the Port Authority conducted its daily morning inspection of LaGuardia\u2019s airfield, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39438525\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sinkhole-found-laguardia-airport-runway-128321758.jpg\" alt=\"A sinkhole on a LaGuardia Airport runway with construction workers and equipment.\" class=\"wp-image-39438525\"  \/>A sinkhole found on a LaGuardia Airport runway Wednesday led to flight delays, as workers scrambled to make repairs, officials said. CBS New York<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39438524\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sinkhole-found-laguardia-airport-runway-128321728.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of a sinkhole on a LaGuardia Airport runway with construction vehicles and workers.\" class=\"wp-image-39438524\"  \/>The sinkhole was discovered around 11 a.m. as the Port Authority conducted its daily morning inspection. CBS New York<\/p>\n<p>The runway was quickly shut down as emergency construction and engineering crews descended on the site to complete repairs and determine the cause of the sinkole \u201cas quickly and safely as possible,\u201d according to a spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>The Port Authority cautioned travelers to expect disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Port Authority is in close communication with airlines and airport partners and will continue providing updates as conditions evolve,\u201d the rep said. \u201cTravelers should expect delays and cancellations, particularly with forecast thunderstorms expected later today, and are strongly encouraged to check directly with their airlines for the latest flight status information.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A sinkhole found on a LaGuardia Airport runway Wednesday led to flight delays, as workers scrambled to make&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3347,1087,57,9,11,10,34158,58],"class_list":["post-238663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-airports","tag-laguardia-airport","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-sinkholes","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}