All infrastructure and airfield Grozny significantly damaged during combat operations against Chechen fighters who seized the airport September 8, 1991 and held it until 30 September 1994. After the end of the war and the beginning of a relatively peaceful life in the country, a gradual recovery airport. In 2000 was created FSI "Directorate for Recovery of Grozny Airport" North "under the leadership of Adnan Gakayeva Vakhidovich in respect of which 1 December 2005-year investigation department of the FSB for the Chechen Republic was prosecuted for embezzlement of funds in particular large scale", aimed at restoring the airport.