Newark Airport to open its shuttered runway Monday, 13 days ahead of schedule

Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday will reopen a closed runway that has contributed to weeks of delays and chaos at the travel hub.

Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday will reopen a closed runway that has contributed to weeks of delays and chaos at the travel hub.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will lead a news conference from the airport Monday to mark the runway’s reopening.

Runway 4L-22R — which is 11,000 feet long — has been undergoing “planned rehabilitation” after showing “significant signs of wear” and has now been deemed safe and up to the Federal Aviation Administration’s standards, according to a release from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates Newark Airport.

It had last been rehabilitated in 2014, and runways are typically updated about every 10 years, the statement said.

According to the release, the $121 million project began in early March and was set to be finished on June 15. The project included “milling and paving the runway surface, updating lighting, improving airfield signs with LED lighting, installing new underground electrical infrastructure, and implementing drainage improvements.”