[2] On 1 July 2019, the airport was renamed Melchior Ndadaye International Airport after the first democratically elected president of Burundi who was murdered in a coup d'état in October 1993, three months after being elected.

[4] In October 2018 the Burundi Civil Aviation Authority began dredging the Mutimbuzi River to prevent it from flooding into the airport.

Removal of alluvium and other waste from the river would begin downstream and continue up to the NR5 highway from Bujumbura to Rugombo.

[5] In May 2021 the Mpanda River threatened to break the dam that protects the infrastructure of the Melchior Ndadaye International Airport.

[6] As of December 2018[update], the following airlines maintain regular scheduled service to Bujumbura International Airport:[7]