[3][4][5] On 21 January 1936, the Council of People's Commissars of the Crimean Autonomous Republic decided to allocate land and begin construction of the Simferopol Airport.

Before the Second World War, regular air travel was established between Simferopol and Kyiv, Kharkiv, and other airports.

[6][7] On 11 March, Russian forces[citation needed] took over the control tower and closed Crimean airspace until the end of week.

By the same token on 3 March 2014, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol), who also did not recognize the unilateral takeover of Ukrainian airspace by another country, had confirmed that the majority of transitional air routes have been closed, in accordance with the Chicago Convention.

[citation needed] On 29 July 2014, Rosaviation granted Chechen airline Grozny Avia permission to operate nonstop flights from Simferopol to the Armenian capital of Yerevan and Turkish cities of Istanbul and Antalya.

[12] In May 2015, the Ukrainian Parliament voted in favor of renaming the Simferopol airport in honor of the Crimean-Tatar war hero Amet-khan Sultan.

[13] Russian State Duma deputy, Vasiliy Likhachyov, has also released a statement dismissing this ruling as having no official authority.

[14] In May 2016, construction began of a new terminal building, with a larger hall on a wave-like structure and 8 gates for flights.

[21][22] Dobrolyot, a Russian government-owned low-cost airline, was sanctioned by the European Union for operating flights to Simferopol.

24-hour Transexpress buses and trolleybuses connect the airport with the Simferopol Railway station in the city centre.

[44] Intercity trolleybus routes 54 and 55 run to the cities of Alushta, Yalta and resorts between them on the Southern Coast of Crimea.