A watan Fabrairun 2009, Gwamnatin Jihar ta aika da shawara ga Gwamnatin Tarayya don sake sunan filin jirgin sama bayan wanda ya kafa Bengaluru, Kempe Gowda I. Lokacin da ba a dauki mataki ba, Gwamnatin Jihar ta zartar da ƙuduri don canza sunan a watan Disamba 2011. Gwamnatin Tarayya ta yarda da shawarar a 2012 kuma ta amince da shi a watan Yuli 2013. An sake sunan filin jirgin sama zuwa Kempegowda International Airport a ranar 14 ga Disamba 2013 a yayin da aka buɗe ginin tashar jirgin sama. Kamfanin jiragen sama na Kingfisher Airlines ya taɓa yin aiki da cibiya kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama a Filin jirgin saman Kempegowda. Bayan rushewar ta a watan Oktoba 2012, wasu kamfanonin jiragen sama sun shiga don cike gibin haɗin haɗin cikin gida ta hanyar ƙara ƙarin jirage.
Filin jirgin saman kasa da kasa na Bengaluru