LaGuardia Airport runway 4/22 reopens after 'depression' found during inspection
Runway 4/22 at LaGuardia Airport was reopened Thursday morning and is fully operational after it was shut down on Wednesday when a "depression" was discovered.
Port Authority officials said that "an approximately two-inch depression adjacent" to the runway to discovered during an airfield inspection.
This is the same runway that had a large sinkhole last month which forced it to be closed for days amid the busy Memorial Day weekend travel rush.
Frustrated flyers endured hundreds of delayed or canceled flights while crews made repairs to that sinkhole.
The Port Authority says it discovered Wednesday's "depression" the same way it discovered the last one, with a routine inspection. Although this one may have been a little less obvious.
LaGuardia Airport was built on landfill in Flushing Bay almost 100 years ago.
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