More Than 370 Flights Were Canceled Or Delayed At Moscow Airports Due To A Drone Attack

• 30.10.2026, 11:39

The collapse lasted nine hours.

On the night of Friday, October 30, due to drone attacks on Moscow, more than 370 flights were canceled or delayed at all four of the Russian Federation’s capital airports.

This was reported by the Russian Telegram channel Baza.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin claimed that as of Thursday evening, October 29, 862 drones were flying toward the capital of the aggressor country, most of which were allegedly destroyed well before reaching the city.

Due to airspace restrictions, 149 flights were canceled and another 94 were delayed at Sheremetyevo Airport, at Vnukovo, 31 flights were canceled and 76 were delayed, and at Domodedovo, 14 and 8, respectively.

For nine hours, all four Moscow airports were unable to receive or dispatch flights. Passengers from St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport also reported that numerous flights bound for Moscow were turned back, according to Baza.

Earlier reports indicated that on the morning of October 30, drones attacked the Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery in the Samara Region of the Russian Federation, after which a fire broke out on the refinery’s premises. According to reports from local Telegram channels, the fire in the area around the refinery continued to spread, and drones were still being spotted in the city.