Huizhou Pingtan Airport

Huizhou Pingtan Airport (IATA: HUZ, ICAO: ZGHZ) is a dual-use military and civil airport serving the city of Huizhou in Guangdong Province, China. It is located in the town of Pingtan in Huiyang District, 20 kilometers from the city center. The military airport served commercial flights between 1985 and 2002, but stopped when the military was forbidden to operate commercial businesses.^[4]

Huizhou Pingtan Airport 惠州平潭机场
IATA: HUZ ICAO: ZGHZ
Summary
Airport type	Public / military
Operator	Guangdong Airport Group Co.
Serves	Huizhou, Guangdong, China
Location	Pingtan, Huiyang District
Opened	5 February 2015; 10 years ago (2015-02-05)
Coordinates	23°02′54″N 114°36′01″E
Website	gdhzairport.com
Map
HUZ Location of airport in Guangdong
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 2,400 7,874 Concrete
Statistics (2023 [1])
Passengers 2,617,937 Aircraft movements 21,190 Cargo (metric tons) 8,708.7
Source: CAAC[2][3]

Huizhou Pingtan Airport
Simplified Chinese	惠州平潭机场
Traditional Chinese	惠州平潭機場
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huìzhōu Píngtán Jīchǎng

The military airport was first built in the 1950s. In March 2011, the Huizhou city government reached agreement with the Guangdong Airport Group to redevelop the airport for civilian use. The proposal received approval from the national government and the central military commission on 8 April 2014. Construction began on 25 June 2014, and the airport was reopened on 5 February 2015.^[5]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Chang'an	Xi'an[6]
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Tianfu, Shanghai–Pudong, Wuhan[6]
China Eastern Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu,[6] Chongqing,[7] Hefei,[8] Qingdao,[8] Wuhan[6]
China Express Airlines	Chongqing,[7] Guiyang,[9] Tongren,[7] Xingyi[9]
China United Airlines	Beijing–Daxing,[10] Chengdu–Tianfu,[7] Shanghai–Pudong,[9] Wuhu[11]
Chongqing Airlines	Chongqing
GX Airlines	Jining[7]
Hainan Airlines	Haikou[7]
Juneyao Air	Guiyang, Haikou,[7] Hangzhou, Harbin, Nanjing, Shanghai–Hongqiao,[9] Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang,[7] Taiyuan,[7] Wuxi,[9] Xi'an[6]
Kunming Airlines	Kunming
Shenzhen Airlines	Nanjing, Wuxi, Xi'an, Zhengzhou[12]
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu[6]
Tianjin Airlines	Changsha,[7] Chengdu–Tianfu,[7] Dalian,[7] Haikou,[12] Hohhot,[7] Lianyungang,[7] Luzhou,[7] Nanchong,[7] Sanya,[7] Shiyan,[7] Taizhou,[7] Tianjin,[7] Urumqi,[7] Wanzhou,[13] Xuzhou,[7] Yancheng,[7] Yangzhou,[7] Yantai,[7] Yichang,[7] Yinchuan,[7] Yulin (Shaanxi),[7] Zhengzhou[9]

See also

• List of airports in China
• List of the busiest airports in China
• List of People's Liberation Army Air Force airbases