A sinkhole opened up near a runway at LaGuardia Airport, leading to delays and possible cancellations at the New York City hub. In a statement shared on social media, the airport said Port Authority was conducting a daily inspection of the airfield around 11 a.m. when crews discovered the sinkhol e near Runway 4/22. The runway was shut down, with emergency and construction crews set to determine the cause and make any repairs, airport officials said. An excavator could be seen helping with the fixes, which were expected to take several hours to complete. Delays and cancellations can be expected as a result of closing down the runway. And with storms in the forecast for Wednesday evening, impacts on travel should be expected, the airport said. As of 2:30 p.m., flights to LaGuardia were already being delayed an hour and a half, according to the FAA. The agency said the runway would remain closed until 10 a.m. Thursday. The runway where the sinkhole was found is the same one where an Air Canada jet crashed into a Port Authority fire truck while landing in March, killing the two pilots. This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser. ...read more read less