Volgograd International Airport VOG / URWW

Also carries the symbolic name 'Stalingrad International Airport' under presidential decree No. 273 of 29 April 2025, honoring the WWII Battle of Stalingrad; this is an added ceremonial name only — the IATA/ICAO codes and official operator name are unchanged. The single runway (06/24, 2,800 m x 45 m asphalt, 3,280 m including end safety areas) and terminal complex were rebuilt in a 2014-2018 Novaport-era reconstruction tied to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The aerodrome held ICAO Category I from October 2013, was upgraded to Category II with the new runway's July 2016 commissioning (certified by end of 2017), and — per the airport's own technical page, most recently confirmed in a March 2025 snapshot — now meets ICAO Category III requirements; treat this as the current instrument-approach category. Traffic hit a record 1,680,000 passengers in 2024 before falling about 8.3% in 2025 to 1,540,280, tracking a broader pullback in southern-Russia air travel. Scheduled service is overwhelmingly domestic Russian (Moscow, St Petersburg, Sochi and other federal cities) with a thin international slate limited mainly to CIS points (Armenia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan) and Turkey charters — the pattern common across Russian airports since Western carriers and EU/US airspace access were cut off in Feb 2022. Despite its formal H24 designation, Volgograd is not insulated from the war-driven volatility affecting Russia's southwest: Rosaviatsia has declared emergency 'Carpet Plan' ground stops here repeatedly through 2026 (documented at least in January, April, May, June, July and August), each lasting roughly 4 hours to nearly a full day, so planners should verify current NOTAM status rather than assume unaffected operations. Novaport holds 51% of ordinary/voting shares (about 38% of total capital), giving it a controlling stake. Any bonded-warehouse/cargo-customs detail could not be independently confirmed and should be checked directly with the operator.