[1] The project to build the airport was officially launched by the Anambra State government on 11 April 2017, with construction finishing three years later.

The airport was then inaugurated by Anambra State's Governor Willie Obiano on 30 October 2021.

[2] On 2 December 2021, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority issued the Anambra State Government the authority to open the airport for commercial operations,[3][4] after which the airport began commercial operations on 7 December 2021.

In its first month of operations, it had recorded 142 flights carrying a total of 3,865 passengers.

[6] On 1 October 2023, the airport was renamed after Chinua Achebe, a literary icon who was a notable author, poet and critic from Anambra State and whose first novel, Things Fall Apart is globally acclaimed.