Flights are restricted at Volgograd and Gelendzhik airports.

Rosaviatsia has restricted flights at Volgograd and Gelendzhik airports for safety reasons. At least five flights have been delayed at Volgograd airport.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," temporary flight restrictions were imposed at Volgograd airport on the evening of October 30. Aircraft arrivals and departures ceased around 10:00 PM Moscow time. The airport returned to normal operations on the morning of October 31, at approximately 5:30 a.m. Moscow time. Restrictions were then reintroduced and were lifted at 10:10 a.m. Moscow time.

Aircraft arrivals and departures are restricted at Volgograd and Gelendzhik airports to ensure flight safety, Rosaviatsia spokesman Artem Korenyako reported on his Telegram channel at 9:55 p.m. Moscow time.

According to the Volgograd airport's online flight board, flights from Moscow, Antalya, and Dubai are delayed, while flights to Moscow and Dubai have also been delayed.

A flight from Dubai diverted to an alternate airport in Moscow, the agency reported. V1.

Gelendzhik Airport has no scheduled evening or night flights, and according to the online flight board, there are no flight delays.

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.