Flight restrictions introduced at Volgograd airport

The arrival and departure of aircraft from the Volgograd airport has been suspended for flight safety.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, on the night of September 7, restrictions were introduced at the Volgograd airport on the arrival and departure of aircraft. Rosaviatsia press secretary Artem Korenyako explained this by ensuring flight safety. In the morning of the same day, the ban was lifted.

Restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft have been introduced at the Volgograd airport, Artem Korenyako reported on his Telegram channel at 05:13 Moscow time. "The restrictions are necessary to ensure flight safety," he wrote.

Recall that on the night of September 4, restrictions were also introduced on the operation of the Volgograd airport. That morning, the Ministry of Defense reported that six drones had been shot down in the Volgograd region.

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