Kaluga airport flight restrictions imposed and lifted repeatedly between 24 and 29 October
In short
Temporary restrictions on receiving and releasing aircraft were introduced at Kaluga airport several times between 24 and 29 October 2026, and TASS, RIA Novosti and Interfax reported them lifted several times. Rosaviatsia said the measures were needed to ensure flight safety. On 29 October restrictions were also reported lifted at airports in Yaroslavl, Kazan, Orenburg, Cherepovets, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod.
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Temporary restrictions on receiving and releasing aircraft were introduced at Kaluga airport several times between 24 and 29 October 2026, according to TASS, RIA Novosti and Interfax, which also reported the restrictions lifted on several occasions. Rosaviatsia (Росавиация) said the restrictions were necessary to ensure flight safety. [ 1 , 2 , 10 ]
TASS reported the first restrictions at Kaluga airport at 20:34 on 24 October. RIA Novosti quoted Rosaviatsia as saying temporary restrictions had been introduced at Kaluga airport (Grabtsevo, Грабцево) and that they were needed to ensure flight safety. TASS reported at 07:13 on 25 October that restrictions on receiving and releasing aircraft had been lifted at the airports of Nizhny Novgorod and Kaluga; RIA Novosti reported the same five minutes later. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
Restrictions at Kaluga were reported again on 25 October at 11:39, citing Rosaviatsia, and lifted by 12:20, according to TASS, with RIA Novosti reporting the lifting at 12:50. TASS reported new restrictions at 18:35, again citing Rosaviatsia. On 26 October at 08:52 TASS reported that restrictions at Kaluga and Tambov had been lifted. Interfax said Rosaviatsia announced this in its channel on Max, that the Kaluga restrictions had begun around 18:30 on Sunday, and that Tambov airport (Donskoye, Донское) had not received aircraft since 03:20 on Monday. [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ]
TASS reported new restrictions at Kaluga at 15:05 on 26 October. At 01:24 on 27 October TASS reported that the airport had suspended receiving and releasing aircraft, and RIA Novosti reported temporary restrictions at 01:28. Both agencies reported at 06:27 that the airport had resumed work or that restrictions had been lifted. On 28 October at 09:31 TASS, citing Rosaviatsia's channel, reported that restrictions on the airport's operation had been cancelled; at 20:34 the same day it reported restrictions again. [ 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ]
On 29 October TASS reported at 01:28 that restrictions had been introduced at Yaroslavl airport, and RIA Novosti reported the same at 01:30. TASS and RIA Novosti reported the lifting of the Kaluga restrictions at 08:20 and 08:30. Lifting of restrictions was then reported at the airports of Kazan, Orenburg, Cherepovets, Yaroslavl, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod between 09:01 and 10:26, with TASS citing Rosaviatsia for several of them. [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 ]
The documents do not say what prompted the restrictions beyond flight safety, how many flights were affected, or when the restrictions at Kazan, Orenburg, Cherepovets, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod began. [ 1 , 2 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 29 , 30 ]
Why it matters
The notices show repeated short interruptions of aircraft arrivals and departures at Kaluga airport over six days. The documents give no cause beyond flight safety and no figures on affected flights.
Key facts
- Rosaviatsia (Росавиация) announced temporary restrictions on receiving and releasing aircraft at Kaluga airport (Grabtsevo, Грабцево) on 24 October, saying they were needed to ensure flight safety. [ 1 , 2 ]
- Kaluga airport restrictions were reported as introduced again on 25 October (11:39 and 18:35), on 26 October (15:05), on 27 October (01:24) and on 28 October (20:34). [ 5 , 8 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 18 ]
- Restrictions at Kaluga were reported lifted on 25 October, 26 October, 27 October, 28 October and 29 October. [ 3 , 4 , 6 , 7 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 21 , 22 ]
- Interfax reported that Tambov airport (Donskoye, Донское) had not received aircraft since 03:20 on Monday 26 October, and that restrictions there were lifted together with Kaluga's. [ 10 ]
- On 29 October restrictions were reported lifted at airports in Kazan, Orenburg, Cherepovets, Yaroslavl, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 ]
- Yaroslavl airport restrictions were introduced at about 01:28 on 29 October and lifted by 09:42 the same day. [ 19 , 20 , 26 , 27 ]
Confirmed by several sources
- Rosaviatsia said the temporary restrictions at Kaluga airport were necessary to ensure flight safety. [ 1 , 2 , 10 , 12 ]
- Restrictions at Kaluga and Tambov airports were lifted on 26 October. [ 9 , 10 , 11 ]
- Restrictions at Kaluga airport were introduced late on 28 October and lifted on the morning of 29 October. [ 18 , 21 , 22 ]
- Restrictions at Yaroslavl airport were introduced early on 29 October and lifted the same morning. [ 19 , 20 , 26 , 27 ]
- Restrictions at Cherepovets airport were lifted on 29 October. [ 25 , 28 ]
- Restrictions at Nizhny Novgorod airport were lifted on 29 October. [ 30 , 31 ]
Still unclear
- What prompted the restrictions. The documents say only that the restrictions were needed for flight safety and give no specific cause.
- Whether the Kaluga restriction announced on 26 October at 15:05 was lifted before the 27 October 01:24 reports. No document in the set reports a lifting between those two notices.
- When the restrictions in Kazan, Orenburg, Cherepovets, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod were introduced. The documents report only that they were lifted on 29 October (Nizhny Novgorod also on 25 October).
- How many flights were delayed, diverted or cancelled. None of the documents gives such figures.
What local media are saying
Timeline, local time
- 24 October: TASS reports restrictions introduced at Kaluga airport. [ 1 , 2 ]
- 25 October: restrictions reported lifted at Nizhny Novgorod and Kaluga airports. [ 3 , 4 ]
- 25 October: restrictions at Kaluga reported again; lifted by 12:20. [ 5 , 6 , 7 ]
- 25 October: restrictions at Kaluga reported again. [ 8 , 10 ]
- 26 October: restrictions lifted at Kaluga and Tambov airports. [ 9 , 10 , 11 ]
- 26 October: restrictions at Kaluga reported again. [ 12 ]
- 27 October: Kaluga airport reported to have suspended receiving and releasing aircraft. [ 13 , 14 ]
- 27 October: Kaluga airport reported to have resumed receiving and releasing aircraft. [ 15 , 16 ]
- 28 October: restrictions at Kaluga reported again (a cancellation was reported at 09:31 the same day). [ 17 , 18 ]
- 29 October: restrictions reported at Yaroslavl airport. [ 19 , 20 ]
- 29 October: restrictions lifted at Kaluga airport. [ 21 , 22 ]
- 29 October: by this time lifting had also been reported at Kazan, Orenburg, Cherepovets, Yaroslavl, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 ]