Abstract Ground tests are needed to determine the system status before stratospheric airship flights. In order to realize the test under complex flight conditions, this paper proposes a method of constructing test scenes from test events. Firstly, the different operating conditions of a stratospheric airship during its flight are analyzed. On this basis, a test scenario covering key conditions is designed. Secondly, the test scenario is described in the way of events, and the composition of events under different test scenarios is given. Finally, the test scenes are generated by the condition simulation equipment, which is applied to the ground test of the stratospheric airship. The feasibility of this method is verified.