Volgograd Airport has resumed normal operations.

Rosaviatsia has lifted restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft at Volgograd Airport.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," Volgograd Airport has not dispatched or received any aircraft since 11:34 p.m. Moscow time on October 22 due to a safety risk.
 
Rosaviatsiya spokesman Anton Korenyako announced on his Telegram channel at 5:57 AM Moscow time that temporary flight restrictions at Volgograd Airport had been lifted.

"The restrictions were introduced to ensure flight safety," he recalled.

According to the Volgograd airport's online flight board, flights to Dubai and Kaliningrad were delayed; they were scheduled to depart at 11:20 PM and 11:30 PM Moscow time, respectively. Boarding for the flight to Kaliningrad has now been completed, and the plane is preparing for takeoff. The flight to Dubai is delayed until 5:00 PM Moscow time.

On October 15, Telegram users noted that nighttime flight restrictions over Volgograd are being introduced as a "tradition" and practically "on schedule." Drone attack threat alerts in the Volgograd region have become daily, but they cannot 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 "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 the 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.