Prior to the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, Dzhankoi was Ukrainian, and before 1992 Soviet, military airfield, and then a civilian airport.

As of 2024[update] satellite imagery shows runway 05/23 extended to 2.50 km.

In 1995, Dhankoi was entered in the State Register of Civil Aerodromes of Ukraine, and in 1999 it was certified as an international airport, with the ability to accept and release aircraft of all classes day and night in complex meteorological conditions.

[3] On 19 April, subsequent satellite pictures showed the destruction of three to five S-300/S-400 components and other areas marked with "scorch marks" that suggested equipment that had been damaged but removed.

Ukraine subsequently released footage of multiple missiles being launched at the air base.