[citation needed] There have been no regular flights since 2009, and the airport has been closed since 19 June 2014, because of the war in the Donbas region.

However, due to economic problems, the airport was inactive until the autumn of 1932 and did not establish regular flights before the beginning of World War II.

[4][5] The airport was closed in June 2014, when Mariupol was engulfed in a fierce fighting between the Ukrainian army and the pro-Russian separatists.

The terminal includes two departure and arrival lounges along with a baggage claim area which services both domestic and international flights.

[6] Between 1968 and 1970 the artist Victor Arnautoff decorated the airport terminal with mosaic friezes.