Ezhou Huahu Airport (Ezhou Huahu Airport, IATA: EHU, ICAO: ZHEC), is located at the junction of Yanji Town, Shawo Township and Huahu Town, Echeng District, Ezhou City, Hubei Province, China, about 16 kilometers away from the center of Ezhou in the northwest. About 15 kilometers south of the center of Huangshi, it is a 4E-level international airport, an international port of aviation logistics, and the first professional cargo hub airport in Asia
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On December 20, 2017, the Ezhou Civil Airport project officially started; on August 24, 2020, Ezhou Civil Airport was built as the first professional cargo airport in Asia and became a national strategy; on January 7, 2021, Ezhou Civil Airport was named "Ezhou Huahu Airport"
; On March 19, 2022, the test flight of Ezhou Huahu Airport was successful
; On July 17, 2022, Ezhou Huahu Airport will officially open to traffic
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As of June 2022, the terminal building of Ezhou Huahu Airport will cover an area of 15,000 square meters, with 4 boarding bridges
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The area of the air cargo terminal is 23,000 square meters, and the area of the sorting center is 678,000 square meters; the civil aviation station has 124 seats; the two long-distance runways are 3,600 meters long and 45 meters wide; it can meet the annual passenger throughput of 150 10,000 passengers and 3.3 million tons of cargo and mail throughput
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