Hundreds of flights delayed, 19 cancelled: Russian airports on 17 September 2026

1. Vnukovo: 90 delays
2. Pulkovo: 88 delays and 1 cancellation
3. Sochi: 59 delays and 2 cancellations
4. Tolmachevo: 58 delays
5. Sheremetyevo: 52 delays and 2 cancellations
6. Koltsovo: 48 delays and 1 cancellation

Rosaviatsia restrictions on 17 September

Overnight and this morning Rosaviatsia imposed temporary flight restrictions at 16 airports. They currently remain in effect at 5 airports:

• Yaroslavl (Tunoshna) since 01:36 (7 h 23 min)
• Ivanovo since 02:14 (6 h 45 min)
• Kostroma since 06:19 (2 h 40 min)
• Makhachkala (Uytash) since 07:38 (1 h 21 min)
• Grozny since 07:38 (1 h 21 min)

Restrictions at 11 airports have already been lifted:

• Tambov (Donskoye) from 20:49 on 16 September to 06:53 (10 h 4 min)
• Domodedovo from 23:56 on 16 September to 07:00 (7 h 3 min)
• Volgograd (Gumrak) from 23:31 on 16 September to 06:29 (6 h 57 min)
• Vnukovo from 00:34 to 07:00 (6 h 25 min)
• Penza from 22:05 on 16 September to 03:17 (5 h 12 min)
• Gelendzhik from 01:44 to 06:29 (4 h 45 min)
• Pskov from 23:10 on 16 September to 02:36 (3 h 25 min)
• Sochi from 00:40 to 02:59 (2 h 19 min)
• Kazan from 04:25 to 06:17 (1 h 52 min)
• Cheboksary from 04:25 to 06:17 (1 h 52 min)
• Saratov (Gagarin) from 00:08 to 01:14 (1 h 6 min)

According to Rosaviatsia, all restrictions were imposed to ensure flight safety. Times are in Moscow time, except where local time is specified for airports in other time zones.

Delays and cancellations on airport flight boards

According to airport flight boards, 701 flights are currently delayed at 24 airports, and 19 flights have been cancelled. Most delays are at Vnukovo (90), Pulkovo (88) and Sochi (59).

Vnukovo: 90 delays

At Vnukovo, 90 flights are delayed (61 departures and 29 arrivals). Rosaviatsia restrictions were in effect here from 00:34 to 07:00 (6 h 25 min).

Departures

The UT 6315 departure to Bovanenkovo has been moved from 03:05 to 09:50, while UT 743 to Ganja is now due to leave at 08:25 instead of 05:45. DP 859 to Antalya has been pushed back to 12:00 (scheduled 09:30), while UT 809 to Samarkand will depart at 18:30 instead of 09:40. Flights to Istanbul, Dubai, Krasnodar, Yerevan, Saint Petersburg, Gazipasa and 6 other destinations are also delayed.

Departed late: UT 355 to Grozny (2 h 50 min behind schedule), PC 1522 to Izmir (1 h 38 min behind schedule), TK 420 to Istanbul (1 h 35 min behind schedule) and DP 465 to Ulyanovsk (1 h 23 min behind schedule).

Arrivals

The DP 436 arrival from Ufa is now expected at 13:10 instead of 07:15, while FV 6019 from Saint Petersburg will land at 09:59 instead of 07:35. UT 560 from Makhachkala is delayed until 14:30 (scheduled 09:00), while UT 810 from Samarkand is due at 03:25 on 18 September instead of 19:00. Flights from Grozny, Istanbul, Ganja, Yerevan, Sochi, Krasnodar and 2 other cities are also delayed.

Landed late: A4 7008 from Tbilisi (2 h 14 min behind schedule), DP 408 from Yekaterinburg (1 h 22 min behind schedule), A4 7072 from Kutaisi (1 h 24 min behind schedule) and TK 407 from Istanbul (1 h 18 min behind schedule).

Vnukovo Airport flight status and arrivals and departures

Pulkovo: 88 delays and 1 cancellation

At Pulkovo, 88 flights are delayed (49 departures and 39 arrivals), and 1 flight has been cancelled.

Departures

The 7R 287 departure to Kotlas has been moved from 06:55 to 14:15, while 7R 249 to Yaroslavl is now due to leave at 14:50 instead of 11:40. 7R 107 to Ivanovo has been pushed back to 19:00 (scheduled 14:50), while N4 454 to Sochi will depart at 02:15 on 18 September instead of 16:25. Flights to Moscow, Kazan, Saratov, Nizhnekamsk, Makhachkala, Astrakhan and 9 other destinations are also delayed.

Departed late: SU 2932 to Irkutsk (2 h 12 min behind schedule), FV 6461 to Chelyabinsk (1 h 37 min behind schedule), FZ 992 to Dubai (3 h 55 min behind schedule) and 5N 527 to Chelyabinsk (1 h 58 min behind schedule).

Arrivals

The DP 592 arrival from Tyumen is now expected at 13:35 instead of 06:50, while 7R 288 from Kotlas will land at 18:15 instead of 10:55. N4 453 from Sochi is delayed until 01:15 on 18 September (scheduled 15:25), while FV 6564 from Sochi is due at 00:50 on 18 September instead of 18:10. Flights from Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Murmansk, Moscow, Tomsk and 17 other cities are also delayed.

Landed late: FZ 991 from Dubai (3 h 24 min behind schedule), TK 3140 from Antalya (1 h 26 min behind schedule) and DP 550 from Chelyabinsk (1 h 54 min behind schedule).

Cancelled arrival: from Khujand (U6 2642).

Pulkovo Airport flight status and arrivals and departures

Sochi: 59 delays and 2 cancellations

At Sochi, 59 flights are delayed (29 departures and 30 arrivals), and 2 flights have been cancelled. Rosaviatsia restrictions were in effect here from 00:40 to 02:59 (2 h 19 min).

Departures

The N4 503 departure to Yekaterinburg has been moved from 00:05 to 15:25, while FV 6601 to Yekaterinburg is now due to leave at 19:40 instead of 08:40. N4 453 to Saint Petersburg has been pushed back to 20:55 (scheduled 11:05), while SU 1153 to Moscow will depart at 20:05 instead of 11:50. Flights to Batumi, Novosibirsk, Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Nizhny Novgorod and 8 other destinations are also delayed.

Departed late: A4 5147 to Astrakhan (3 h 12 min behind schedule), SU 1119 to Moscow (2 h 50 min behind schedule) and Y7 3044 to Ufa (2 h 47 min behind schedule).

Cancelled departure: to Samara (FV 6203).

Arrivals

The N4 424 arrival from Makhachkala is now expected at 13:45 instead of 02:25, while FV 6706 from Ufa will land at 23:55 instead of 08:10. FV 6748 from Omsk is delayed until 16:40 (scheduled 08:35), while N4 504 from Yekaterinburg is due at 23:35 instead of 09:35. Flights from Perm, Chelyabinsk, Novosibirsk, Tyumen, Omsk, Kemerovo and 7 other cities are also delayed.

Landed late: N4 2412 from Kazan (1 h 35 min behind schedule), WZ 568 from Batumi (3 h 54 min behind schedule) and A4 5186 from Samarkand (2 h 19 min behind schedule).

Cancelled arrival: from Samara (FV 6204).

Sochi Airport flight status and arrivals and departures

Tolmachevo: 58 delays (local time)

At Tolmachevo, 58 flights are delayed (30 departures and 28 arrivals).

Departures

The FV 6642 departure to Sochi has been moved from 06:45 to 07:50 on 18 September, while S7 7079 to Salekhard is now due to leave at 15:50 instead of 07:15. S7 5103 to Sochi has been pushed back to 13:13 (scheduled 11:05), while S7 5045 to Ufa will depart at 15:30 instead of 14:10. Flights to Volgograd and Talakan are also delayed.

Departed late: WZ 4517 to Ufa (1 h 17 min behind schedule), S7 5283 to Pevek (1 h 12 min behind schedule), S7 5065 to Kaliningrad (1 h 20 min behind schedule) and FV 6542 to Saint Petersburg (1 h 33 min behind schedule).

Arrivals

The FV 6641 arrival from Sochi is now expected at 06:50 on 18 September instead of 05:30, while S7 5328 from Nizhnevartovsk will land at 14:59 instead of 09:25. S7 7080 from Salekhard is delayed until 21:15 (scheduled 13:00), while S7 5234 from Irkutsk is due at 18:30 instead of 17:05. Flights from Barnaul, Talakan, Nadym, Sochi, Pevek, Tobolsk and 3 other cities are also delayed.

Landed late: SU 1548 from Moscow (1 h 48 min behind schedule), S7 5228 from Irkutsk (1 h 50 min behind schedule), S7 5732 from Shanghai (2 h 9 min behind schedule) and S7 5232 from Irkutsk (1 h 42 min behind schedule).

Tolmachevo Airport flight status and arrivals and departures

Sheremetyevo: 52 delays and 2 cancellations

At Sheremetyevo, 52 flights are delayed (13 departures and 39 arrivals), and 2 flights have been cancelled.

Departures

Departed late: SU 1092 to Chelyabinsk (4 h 19 min behind schedule), SU 1382 to Khanty-Mansiysk (3 h 1 min behind schedule), DP 6545 to Yekaterinburg (1 h 15 min behind schedule) and SU 1512 to Surgut (2 h 6 min behind schedule).

Cancelled departure: to Kaliningrad (SU 1016).

Arrivals

Flights from Cheboksary, Saratov, Volgograd, Syktyvkar and Blagoveshchensk are also delayed.

Landed late: SU 1007 from Kaliningrad (2 h 10 min behind schedule), SU 421 from Hurghada (3 h 10 min behind schedule), SU 419 from Sharm El Sheikh (1 h 55 min behind schedule) and SU 1119 from Sochi (3 h 23 min behind schedule).

Cancelled arrival: from Kaliningrad (SU 1017).

Sheremetyevo Airport flight status and arrivals and departures

Koltsovo: 48 delays and 1 cancellation (local time)

At Koltsovo, 48 flights are delayed (28 departures and 20 arrivals), and 1 flight has been cancelled.

Departures

The 7R 841 departure to Naryan-Mar has been moved from 13:15 to 08:25 on 18 September, while FV 6802 to Sochi is now due to leave at 10:45 on 18 September instead of 15:30. FV 6602 to Sochi has been pushed back to 02:15 on 18 September (scheduled 15:30), while U6 173 to Khabarovsk will depart at 01:40 on 18 September instead of 23:20. Flights to Murmansk, Moscow and Saint Petersburg are also delayed.

Departed late: SU 792 to Antalya (1 h 25 min behind schedule), SU 2961 to Sochi (2 h behind schedule), DP 612 to Kaliningrad (1 h 20 min behind schedule) and WZ 2029 to Nizhny Novgorod (1 h 30 min behind schedule).

Cancelled departure: to Osh (U6 2903).

Arrivals

The U6 6001 arrival from Moscow is now expected at 09:55 instead of 06:00, while 7R 816 from Tomsk will land at 02:40 on 18 September instead of 11:50. FV 6801 from Sochi is delayed until 09:45 on 18 September (scheduled 14:15), while FV 6601 from Sochi is due at 01:15 on 18 September instead of 14:15. Flights from Antalya, Sochi, Dubai, Samarkand, Moscow, Novosibirsk and 5 other cities are also delayed.

Koltsovo Airport flight status and arrivals and departures

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Updates during the day

• Updated 09:17. Ivanovo: restrictions lifted after 7 h 2 min (from 02:14 to 09:17). Yaroslavl (Tunoshna): restrictions lifted after 7 h 41 min (from 01:36 to 09:17).
• Updated 09:29. Kostroma: restrictions lifted after 3 h 10 min (from 06:19 to 09:29).
• Updated 11:13. Gelendzhik: arrivals and departures suspended since 11:13.
• Updated 11:27. Grozny: restrictions lifted after 3 h 48 min (from 07:38 to 11:27). Makhachkala (Uytash): restrictions lifted after 3 h 48 min (from 07:38 to 11:27); 34 flights are currently delayed, no cancellations.
• Updated 12:31. Sochi: arrivals and departures suspended since 12:31; 63 flights are currently delayed and 2 cancelled.
• Updated 14:00. Gelendzhik: restrictions lifted after 2 h 46 min (from 11:13 to 14:00).
• Updated 15:16. Sochi: restrictions lifted after 2 h 44 min (from 12:31 to 15:16); 97 flights are currently delayed and 2 cancelled.
• Updated 16:13. Kaluga (Grabtsevo): arrivals and departures suspended since 16:13.
• Updated 18:48. Zhukovsky: special regime since 18:48, arrivals and departures subject to approval by state authorities; 19 flights are currently delayed and 3 cancelled.
• Updated 19:07. Vnukovo: special regime since 19:07, arrivals and departures subject to approval by state authorities; 137 flights are currently delayed and 1 cancelled.
• Updated 19:43. Vnukovo: restrictions lifted after 35 min (from 19:07 to 19:43); 143 flights are currently delayed and 1 cancelled. Zhukovsky: restrictions lifted after 54 min (from 18:48 to 19:43); 20 flights are currently delayed and 3 cancelled.
• Updated 20:31. Vnukovo: special regime since 20:31, arrivals and departures subject to approval by state authorities; 146 flights are currently delayed and 1 cancelled.
• Updated 20:49. Gelendzhik: arrivals and departures suspended since 20:49.
• Updated 20:52. Sochi: arrivals and departures suspended since 20:52; 120 flights are currently delayed and 2 cancelled.
• Updated 21:10. Domodedovo: special regime since 21:10, arrivals and departures subject to approval by state authorities; 86 flights are currently delayed, no cancellations.
• Updated 23:41. Yaroslavl (Tunoshna): arrivals and departures suspended since 23:41.
• Updated 23:44. Kostroma: arrivals and departures suspended since 23:44.