Ezhou Huahu Airport

Ezhou Huahu Airport (Chinese: 鄂州花湖机场) (IATA: EHU, ICAO: ZHEC) is an airport under construction, serving the city of Ezhou, Hubei, China.[2] The airport was developed by SF Express and the Hubei province as a logistics hub for the country.[3] Once completed, the airport will have a single terminal with two runways and logistics facilities to handle an initial operation of over two million tonnes of cargo and one million passengers annually by 2025. On 29 December 2021, the first aircraft carried out flight verification at the airport.[4][5] The airport will open in June 2022 and the freight service will start in November 2022.[6]

Ezhou Huahu Airport

鄂州花湖机场

Èzhōu Huāhú Jīchǎng
Summary
OperatorSF Express
LocationEzhou, Hubei, China
Elevation AMSL21 m / 69 ft
Coordinates30°20′34.28″N 115°1′46.60″E
Websitewww.hublairport.com
Map
EHU
Location in Hubei
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01L/19R 3,600 11,811 Concrete
01R/19L 3,600 11,811 Concrete
Source: CAPA[1]

References

  1. "Ezhou Huahu Airport New Airport Profile | CAPA". CAPA - Centre for Aviation.
  2. Zhang Yawei (14 January 2021). "Ezhou Huahu Airport officially named_中国湖北_中国网". 中国网·中国湖北.
  3. Yusuke Hinata (16 March 2021). "Courier SF Holding readies China's first cargo airport". Nikkei Asia.
  4. huaxia (29 December 2021). "First cargo airport in Hubei-Xinhua". Xinhua News Agency.
  5. Rebecca Jeffrey (4 January 2022). "China's Ezhou Huahu Airport hits milestone". Air Cargo News.
  6. "花湖机场提供了强劲动能". 根据安排,花湖机场将于6月开航,11月底开启货运功能
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