It was first named after nearby town of Ramenskoye, but in 2016 the official name was changed to take after the town of Zhukovsky in which the airport is geographically situated, and which was named after a pioneer of modern aerodynamics research, Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky.
It was first named after the nearby town of Ramenskoye; but in 2016 the official name was changed, so that the airport is now named after the town of Zhukovsky, in which it is geographically situated. The town of Zhukovsky, in its turn, has been named after a pioneer of modern aerodynamics research, Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky.