When the Sandinistas took power, the airport was named after Augusto César Sandino, a Nicaraguan revolutionary and guerrilla leader, after whom the Sandinista movement is named.
Kad su Sandinisti preuzeli vlast, zračna luka je dobila ime "Augusto César Sandino", po nikaragvanskom revolucionarnom i gerilskom vođi, po kojem je sandinistički pokret dobio ime.