01:51, 4 September 2025

Sochi and Volgograd airports closed to aircraft

Rosaviatsia has imposed restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft at two airports in southern Russia, Volgograd and Sochi.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, flight restrictions were introduced at the Volgograd airport on the evening of September 2, and an hour and a half later, the operation of the Gelendzhik airport was also restricted. Both airports resumed operation after 6:00 Moscow time on the morning of September 3. Two flights that were supposed to land in Volgograd diverted to alternate airfields.

Discussions about renaming the Volgograd airport to "Stalingrad" have been active since the 1990s. However, the airport was renamed from "Gumrak" to "Stalingrad" only after Putin's intervention - on April 29, 2025, he declared that he supported the initiative of veterans and participants of the SVO, signing a decree on renaming on the same day. At the same time, some citizens spoke out sharply against the renaming, recalling the Stalinist era, during which 250 thousand Stalingrad residents were repressed.

Tonight, the press secretary of the Federal Air Transport Agency, Artem Korenyako, reported temporary restrictions on the operation of two southern airports. According to his reports, the operation of the Volgograd airport and the Sochi airport was suspended within 20 minutes.

The department representative announced the ban on receiving and sending flights from the Volgograd airport at 1:12 Moscow time, and similar restrictions at the Sochi airport - at 1:33 Moscow time.

“The restrictions are necessary to ensure flight safety,” Korenyako wrote on his Telegram channel.

According to the online board of the Volgograd airport, the arrival of the plane from Moscow, scheduled for 1:35 Moscow time, is delayed until 5:45 Moscow time. Accordingly, the flight of this plane in the opposite direction, from Volgograd to Moscow, is delayed - according to the schedule, it is scheduled for 5:45 Moscow time, the estimated time is 6:35 Moscow time. Another flight from Moscow (4:00 Moscow time), as well as its return flight from Volgograd (5:00 Moscow time), have been cancelled.

According to the online board, two flights to Moscow and one each to Krasnoyarsk, Astrakhan, Novosibirsk and St. Petersburg have been delayed at Sochi Airport. One flight from Orenburg has been delayed on arrival.

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Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/415121