Volgograd Airport has suspended operations.

Departures and arrivals of aircraft at Volgograd Airport have been suspended for security reasons.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," Volgograd Airport did not receive or dispatch aircraft on the night of October 23rd. Security restrictions were introduced around midnight and were in effect until almost 6:00 a.m. Moscow time. Restrictions were also introduced on the night of October 25th.

Rosaviatsiya representative Artem Korenyako announced new restrictions on the Volgograd airport. According to him, the airport has temporarily suspended all flights. "The restrictions are necessary to ensure flight safety," Korenyako wrote on his Telegram channel at 11:19 PM Moscow time on October 26.

According to the Volgograd airport's online flight information, there are no flight delays.

Discussions about renaming Volgograd Airport to "Stalingrad" have been active since the 1990s. However, the airport was only renamed from "Gumrak" to "Stalingrad" after Putin's intervention on April 29, 2025, when 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.