The airport was upgraded between 2007 and 2012 in a US$181 million project funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a United States foreign aid agency.

[3][4] On 17 September 2024, the airport was stormed by Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin militants as part of a series of coordinated attacks across multiple locations in Bamako.

[5] The JNIM claimed to have destroyed aircraft and opened fire at the presidential hangar.

An aircraft used for humanitarian work by the World Food Programme was also damaged.

[2] Media related to Bamako-Sénou International Airport at Wikimedia Commons