# Ezhou Huahu International Airport (EHU / ZHEC)

**Ezhou Huahu International Airport** (IATA: EHU, ICAO: ZHEC) is a large airport in Ezhou, Hubei Province, China. It opened on 17 Jul 2022. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,600 m (11,811 ft). In 2024 it handled 439 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhec

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: EHU / ZHEC
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Ezhou, Hubei Province, China
- Opened: 17 Jul 2022
- Elevation: 26 m / 86 ft
- Coordinates: 30.3412, 115.0393
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,600 m / 11,811 ft
- Passengers: 438,562 (2024)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Shanghai
- Website: http://www.hublairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezhou_Huahu_International_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22100762
- Weather station: ZHEC
- Ident: ZHEC

## Timeline

- 17 Jul 2022: Ezhou Huahu International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01L/19R | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete |  |  |
| 01R/19L | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Concrete |  |  |

## Routes

6 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [XMN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zsam.md) Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport · China · 713 km / 443 mi · Air Changan
- [XIY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zlxy.md) Xi'an Xianyang International Airport · China · 745 km / 463 mi · Air Changan
- [SZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsz.md) Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport · China · 865 km / 537 mi · Okay Airways
- [TSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zbtj.md) Tianjin Binhai International Airport · China · 999 km / 621 mi · Okay Airways

### Cargo (2)

- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 8,779 km / 5,455 mi · Geosky
- [EMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egnx.md) East Midlands Airport · United Kingdom · 8,913 km / 5,538 mi · One Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from EHU, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- 9H [Air Changan](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-changan) · 2
- BK [Okay Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/okay-airways) · 2

### Cargo (2)

- D4 [Geosky](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/geosky) · 1
- HE [One Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/one-air) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 439K (2024) | #1,178 of 3,974 | #378 in Asia | #114 in CN |
| Longest runway | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft | =383 of 29,858 | =111 in Asia | =31 in CN |
| Elevation | 26 m / 86 ft | =37,471 of 43,403 | =2,377 in Asia | #318 in CN |
| Age | Opened 2022 | =14,253 of 15,079 | =814 in Asia | =241 in CN |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =13 in CN |

## Nearby airports

- [CN-0344](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0344.md) Paozhuwan Air Base · 54 km / 33 mi
- [CN-0345](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0345.md) Shanpo Air Base · 75 km / 47 mi
- [WUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhhh.md) Wuhan Tianhe International Airport · 93 km / 58 mi
- [WHN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0178.md) Wuhan Hannan Municipal Airport · 94 km / 59 mi
- [CN-0085](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cn-0085.md) Xiaogan Air Base · 128 km / 79 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Ezhou Huahu International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ezhou_Huahu_International_Airport&oldid=1363036478), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/zhec/data