Volgograd Airport is closed to aircraft.

Rosaviatsia has imposed temporary restrictions at Volgograd Airport, suspending all flights.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," drones attacked transport and energy facilities in the Volgograd Region on the night of January 15, reported by regional Governor Andrei Bocharov. Rostov Region was also attacked, where a day earlier, on January 14, a drone attack killed one person and injured four.

Temporary restrictions on aircraft arrivals and departures have been imposed at Volgograd Airport starting at 0:58 Moscow time today.

"The restrictions are necessary to ensure flight safety," reported the official Telegram channel "Rosaviatsia Speaks."

A drone alert was declared in the Volgograd region on the evening of January 15. Residents of the region received the corresponding alerts from the Russian Emergency Situations Service at 8:59 PM Moscow time, and this was the second drone threat warning in 24 hours, V1 reports.

The Volgograd airport's online flight information board shows no delayed flights. According to the flight board, the last flight on January 15 departed at 9:49 p.m. Moscow time, and the next one is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Moscow time today. The situation is similar with inbound flights: the last one landed at 8:43 p.m. Moscow time on January 15, and the next one is expected at 9:45 a.m. Moscow time.

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 intervened on April 29, 2025, when 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 thousand Stalingrad residents were repressed.