Volgograd Airport has reintroduced the "Carpet" regime.

For safety reasons, the Federal Air Transport Agency has once again temporarily restricted operations at Volgograd Airport.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," temporary flight restrictions were introduced at Volgograd Airport on the evening of October 30. Arrivals and departures ceased at approximately 10:00 PM Moscow time. The airport resumed normal operations this morning at approximately 5:30 AM Moscow time.

However, just an hour and a half later, operations were restricted again. Volgograd Airport has reinstated its "Carpet" regime, according to V1.ru.

"Temporary restrictions on aircraft arrivals and departures have been introduced," Rosaviatsiya spokesman Artem Korenyako reported on his Telegram channel at 7:07 a.m. Moscow time. "The restrictions are necessary to ensure flight safety."

According to the Volgograd Airport online flight board, passengers on flights from and to Yekaterinburg have been waiting since the evening of their departure, and a morning flight from Moscow has been delayed.

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, according to local residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot."

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 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.