On 17 December 2022, the airport was renamed Mardin Prof. Dr. Aziz Sancar Airport (Mardin Prof. Dr. Aziz Sancar Havalimanı) in honor of Nobel laureate Aziz Sancar   (born 1946), who is a native of Mardin.
On December 17, 2022, the airport was officially designated as Mardin Prof. Dr. Aziz Sancar Airport in tribute to Nobel laureate and Mardin native Aziz Sancar.