Rosaviatsiya has closed Volgograd Airport.

Volgograd Airport is temporarily not accepting or sending flights due to a safety risk.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," flight restrictions were introduced on the night of October 21st at four airports in southern Russia – Volgograd, Krasnodar, Gelendzhik, and Sochi. On the night of October 22nd, temporary restrictions were introduced at Grozny, Makhachkala, and Vladikavkaz airports.

Volgograd Airport has not been accepting or sending flights since 11:34 p.m. Moscow time today, according to Artem Korenyako, a spokesman for the Federal Air Transport Agency. "The restrictions are necessary to ensure flight safety," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

A drone alert has been issued in the Volgograd region, according to the Volgograd News Telegram channel.

According to the Volgograd airport's online flight board, flights to Dubai and Kaliningrad are delayed. They were scheduled to depart at 11:20 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Moscow time, respectively, but these flights did not leave the airport before the restrictions were introduced.

On October 15, Telegram users noted that nighttime flight restrictions over Volgograd are being introduced as a "tradition" and practically "on schedule." Drone threat alerts in the Volgograd region have become daily, but they can't always be relied upon. The actual appearance of UAVs over the region is not always preceded by a warning, local residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" stated.

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 declared 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 Duma faction leaders on September 18, Putin promised to consider Communist Party leader Zyuganov's proposal to rename Volgograd to Stalingrad. Social media users expressed dissatisfaction with the new discussion of this topic.