Akhmat Kadyrov Grozny International Airport (Grozny-Severny) GRV / URMG

The single runway 08/26 was reconstructed and extended to 3,200 x 60 m cement-concrete pavement with a new Category II ICAO ILS (Russian-made ILS-2700 system), commissioned 22 August 2026 (inaugural technical flight by a Russian-built MC-21-310), replacing the prior 2,500 x 45 m asphalt-concrete strip and raising declared capacity to 50 movements/day — confirmed by the airport's own press release and multiple dated Russian aviation outlets as of this record's verification date; planners should still independently reconfirm full commercial-ops status ahead of irregular operations. The adjoining 40,000 sq m terminal remains under construction (six-stage project, ATC tower completed Nov 2025, ~63% overall complete as of Feb 2026); full-complex completion is now targeted for end of 2027 (not Dec 2025) with a design capacity near 1.2 million pax/year (not 1.5 million), and is not yet confirmed open. Passenger traffic is best documented at approximately 1,000,000 for 2023 (+29% year-on-year off a confirmed 777,300 in 2022), above the previously verified 800,000 baseline; no audited 2024-2025 figure was found, though the airport's own materials target roughly 1.2 million/year once the runway and new terminal are fully operational. As the sole scheduled-service gateway of the Chechen Republic, serving Moscow, Istanbul, Sharjah and CIS points, with a long-standing joint civil-military role and an active multi-year construction program, security, PPR and slot coordination should be checked directly with the operator ahead of irregular operations.