Volgograd Airport has suspended operations.

Restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft have been introduced in Volgograd due to security concerns.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," temporary restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft were introduced at Volgograd Airport on the night of October 15, but they were lifted in the morning. During a drone attack in the village of Kirov in the Svetloyarsky District, four private homes were damaged. Late in the evening of October 15, Rosaviatsiya again closed Volgograd Airport, but the restrictions were lifted in the morning. A drone attack damaged the Balashovskaya power line substation.

At 10:53 PM Moscow time, the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) imposed temporary restrictions at Volgograd Airport; the arrival and departure of aircraft has been suspended, Rosaviatsia spokesman Artem Korenyako announced today.

"The restrictions are necessary to ensure flight safety," he wrote in his Telegram channel.

According to the Volgograd airport's online flight information board, departures to Novosibirsk, Dubai, Kazan, and Kaliningrad are delayed. As of 11:47 p.m. Moscow time, there is no information about delayed arriving flights.

Discussions about renaming 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 announced his support for the initiative of veterans and participants of the Second World War, signing a decree on the renaming that same day. At the same time, some citizens spoke out sharply against the renaming, recalling that under Stalin, 250,000 Stalingrad residents were repressed.

At a meeting with the leaders of the Duma factions on September 18, Putin promised to consider the proposal of the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Zyuganov, to rename Volgograd to Stalingrad. Social media users expressed dissatisfaction with the new discussion of this topic.