First Grozny Airport began its work in 1938, when the aircraft P-5 and U-2 started to be the first postal transportation and sanitary flights. After a while, it started to fly for agriculture. Until 1977, Grozny airport had only a dirt runway, which could accommodate only such aircraft as the Li-2, IL-14, An-24, and An-10. In 1977, the new airport complex was introduced with an artificial runway and basing speed passenger aircraft Tu-134, which was stationed in the Chechen Republic with the regions of the USSR. The new airport was named "Airport North." Between the years 1990 and 2000, the airport name was changed several times: 1990 - Sheikh Mansour Airport 1995 - Airport "North" 1996 - Sheikh Mansour Airport 2000 - Airport "North" The infrastructure of Grozny airport was significantly damaged during combat operations against Chechen fighters, who seized the airport on September 8, 1991, and held it until 30 September 1994. After the end of the war and the beginning of a relatively peaceful life in the country, the airport gradually recovered. In 2000, the FSI "Directorate for Recovery of Grozny Airport" North "under the leadership of Adnan Gakayeva Vakhidovich, in respect of which on 1 December 2005, the investigation department of the FSB for the Chechen Republic was prosecuted for embezzlement of funds, in particular, large-scale, aimed at restoring the airport. During 1999–2006, in the process of rebuilding the airport, the runway was expanded and extended. The airport complex capable of receiving the Tu-154 and IL-62 was rebuilt. The 6 March 2002 Russian Ministry of Transport Decree number AT-76-P launched a full-scale rebuilding of the airport. In 2005, North Airport was renamed Grozny Airport. On 19 February 2007, the order of FATA number AIO-19 issued a certificate of state registration to the Grozny Airport (North). The airport was assigned to class B to gain admission to the reception of Tu-134 aircraft and helicopters of all types, day and night, all year round. On November 29, 2007, Grozny airport was authorized to receive the Tu-154. The first regular passenger flight to Grozny, which had been suspended for six years, resumed on March 8, 2007. The inaugural flight landed at Chechnya's main airport and marked the restart of civilian air service between the city and Moscow. On 11 June 2009, the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) issued an international aerodrome certificate, the aerodrome was accepted as suitable for international flight service. On June 13, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the transfer of ownership from the Federal Government of Russia to the Government of the Chechen Republic.