Russia closes Moscow Ostafyevo airport to commercial air traffic

The Russian government has officially closed Ostafyevo Airport to all air traffic following a decree signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. As an immediate consequence, border control facilities at the aerodrome's passenger and cargo checkpoints are terminated. The site has also been delisted from official state registries for jointly used airfields and facilities of federal significance.

This decision comes after Gazprom sold the entire airport complex to the City of Moscow property department in December 2025 for 2.724 billion rubles. The municipal administration plans to repurpose the site in the New Moscow administrative district, designating the land for residential developments and an industrial technology park.

Business aviation and special flight operations previously handled at the hub are being redirected to other hubs in the Moscow terminal area, primarily Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo.

Established initially as a military airfield in 1934, Ostafyevo was modernized from the 1990s onwards by Gazpromavia, which operated the facility as its main operating base. The airfield secured international business airport status in 2007 before losing its standing in the state aviation register in early 2024. The closure reflects broader consolidation in Russian business aviation amid ongoing sanctions and reduced international flight activity.