LaGuardia's Sinkhole Exposes the Hidden Costs of Progress The sudden appearance of a sinkhole on one of New York's LaGuardia airport runways has brought attention to a growing concern: uneven ground sinking along runways.
This problem is not unique to LaGuardia, as airports worldwide have struggled with it for decades.
LaGuardia's construction on reclaimed bayland in the 1930s created a precarious situation, evident in the airport's structural problems.