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Coordinates: 30°20′34.28″N 115°1′46.60″E / 30.3428556°N 115.0296111°E / 30.3428556; 115.0296111
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Ezhou Huahu Airport

鄂州花湖机场
Summary
Serves
LocationEcheng, Ezhou, Hubei, China
Opened17 July 2022; 2 years ago (2022-07-17)
Hub forSF Airlines
Elevation AMSL21 m / 69 ft
Coordinates30°20′34.28″N 115°1′46.60″E / 30.3428556°N 115.0296111°E / 30.3428556; 115.0296111
Websitewww.hublairport.com
Map
EHU is located in Hubei
EHU
EHU
Location of airport in Hubei
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01L/19R 3,600 11,811 Concrete
01R/19L 3,600 11,811 Concrete
Source: CAPA[1]
Ezhou Huahu Airport
Simplified Chinese鄂州花湖机场
Traditional Chinese鄂州花湖機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinÈzhōu Huāhú Jīchǎng

Ezhou Huahu Airport (IATA: EHU, ICAO: ZHEC) is an airport serving the cities of Ezhou, Huanggang and Huangshi in Hubei, China.[2]

The airport was developed by SF Express and Hubei province as a logistics hub for China and is touted as China's first cargo-focused airport.[3][4] One of the factors for SF Express to choose Ezhou as the site of a major cargo hub is it being located almost equidistant from Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, while also being only an hour drive away from Wuhan.[5]

The airport uses a single terminal with two runways as well as logistics facilities for handling an initial operation of over two million tonnes of cargo. The terminal is planned to handle one million passengers annually by 2025.

On 29 December 2021, the first aircraft carried out flight verification at the airport.[6][7] The airport opened on 17 July 2022 for passenger service.[8] Cargo service started on 27 November 2022.[9]

Airlines and destinations

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Passenger

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AirlinesDestinations
China Eastern Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu,[10] Ordos,[10] Shanghai–Pudong[11]
China Express Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu, Chongqing,[12] Quanzhou,[13] Wenzhou,[12] Xiamen
China Southern Airlines Beijing–Daxing
GX Airlines Haikou[11]
Ruili Airlines Jinan,[14] Kunming[11]
Tianjin Airlines Hohhot,[11] Zhuhai[11]
XiamenAir Xiamen[11]

Cargo

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AirlinesDestinations
Etihad Cargo Abu Dhabi[15]
SF Airlines Abu Dhabi, Almaty, Bengaluru,[16] Budapest,[17] Chennai,[16] Delhi,[18] Frankfurt, Hong Kong,[19] Ho Chi Minh City[20] Lahore,[21] Liège,[22] Los Angeles, Shenzhen

References

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  1. ^ "Ezhou Huahu Airport New Airport Profile | CAPA". CAPA - Centre for Aviation.
  2. ^ Zhang Yawei (14 January 2021). "Ezhou Huahu Airport officially named". 中国网·中国湖北.
  3. ^ Yusuke Hinata (16 March 2021). "Courier SF Holding readies China's first cargo airport". Nikkei Asia.
  4. ^ "China's first cargo-focused airport launches international flights". 3 April 2023.
  5. ^ Sales, Michael; Scholte, Sebastiaan (2023-04-13). Air Cargo Management: Air Freight and the Global Supply Chain. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-85241-7.
  6. ^ huaxia (29 December 2021). "First cargo airport in Hubei-Xinhua". Xinhua News Agency.
  7. ^ Rebecca Jeffrey (4 January 2022). "China's Ezhou Huahu Airport hits milestone". Air Cargo News.
  8. ^ "鄂州花湖机场机票开售 去北京比坐高铁还便宜". 极目新闻 (in Chinese (China)). 2022-07-10.
  9. ^ "你好鄂州！鄂州花湖机场首条货运航线开通". 长江云 (in Chinese (China)). Hubei Television. 2022-11-27. Archived from the original on 2022-11-27.
  10. ^ a b "3月26日起，鄂尔多斯机场正式执行夏航季航班（附最新航班时刻表）". Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  11. ^ a b c d e f "【观察】鄂州花湖机场夏航季客运航班时刻表（3月26日—10月28日）". Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  12. ^ a b "温州机场2022年冬春航季航班计划来了！". Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  13. ^ "泉州至泰国曼谷的航线将复航！附机场交通和乘机指南". Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  14. ^ "华东航线 | 从华东海滨，到内陆远山". Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Ezhou welcomes inaugural Etihad cargo flight". American Journal of Transportation (AJOT). 18 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  16. ^ a b "SF Standard Express (International Services)". SF International. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  17. ^ "SF Airlines launches China-Hungary route". Stat Times. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  18. ^ "SF Airlines Flight O37615 (CSS7615)–Ezhou (EHU) to Delhi (DEL)-7 May 2023". FlightAware.
  19. ^ "SF Airlines begins Hubei-Hong Kong route". Air Cargo News. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  20. ^ Brett, Damian (2024-07-02). "SF Airlines adds new China-Vietnam cargo link". Air Cargo News. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  21. ^ "SF Airlines launches China-Pakistan intl air cargo route". China Daily. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  22. ^ Whiteman, Alex. "SF Airlines boosts capacity at ambitious Hubei hub – but is its timing right?". The Load Star. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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