It is located at Zilmili near Birsi village, 17 km (11 mi) north-east of the city centre.

[1] After independence, it was initially run by the Public Works Department, and then taken over by the state-owned Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) from August 1998 to December 2005, after which it has been operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).

[7] The AAI extended the runway at the airport to 7,500 feet to handle larger aircraft such as the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 in 2013.

CAE Global Academy Gondia/NFTI commenced operations at the airport after receiving the Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) approval on 19 February 2009.

The academy is a joint venture between the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and CAE Inc., a Canadian aerospace company.