Huizhou Pingtan Airport

Huizhou Pingtan Airport
惠州平潭机场
Summary
Airport typePublic / military
OperatorGuangdong Airport Group Co.
ServesHuizhou
LocationPingtan, Huiyang, Huizhou, Guangdong, China
Opened5 February 2015 (2015-02-05)
Coordinates23°02′54″N 114°36′01″E / 23.04833°N 114.60028°E / 23.04833; 114.60028
Websitewww.gdhzairport.com
Map
HUZ
Location of airport in Guangdong
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,400 7,874 Concrete
Statistics (2025 [1])
Passengers3,365,186
Aircraft movements25,638
Cargo (metric tons)11,661.4
Huizhou Pingtan Airport
Simplified Chinese惠州平潭机场
Traditional Chinese惠州平潭機場
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuìzhōu Píngtán Jīchǎng

Huizhou Pingtan Airport (IATA: HUZ, ICAO: ZGHZ) is a dual-use military and civil airport serving the city of Huizhou in South Central China's Guangdong province. 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.[2]

In 2025, the airport operated 52 routes, serving 43 destinations across 41 cities.[3] According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China, in 2025, the airport recorded 25,638 flight take-offs and landings, 11,661.4 metric tons of cargo movements, and 3.365 million passenger movements, representing a year-on-year increases of 17.0%, 24.7% and 18.1% respectively.[1]

History

Huizhou Pingtan Airport was first built in February 1953 as Huiyang Pingtan Airport and covered an area of ​​5,225 mu (畝). It was a second‑class Air Force wartime airfield constructed for national defense.[4] For decades, it served as an important military base and played a key role in air‑defense operations along China’s southeastern coast during the 1960s and 1970s. From 1985 to 2002, Huizhou Airport operated civil–military joint flights. During this period, more than a dozen air routes were opened, with over 12,000 aircraft movements and more than one million arriving and departing passengers. These services played a significant role in promoting Huizhou’s economic and social development.[5]

In 2002, civil aviation operations were suspended following national policy adjustments that required the military to withdraw from commercial activities.[4][6]

The airport’s reconstruction and expansion project was relaunched in March 2011, when the Guangdong Airport Authority and the Huizhou Municipal Government signed the Framework Agreement on Jointly Promoting the Operation and Development of Huizhou Military–Civil Airport (共同推进惠州军民合用机场运营与发展合作框架协议).[5][6] On 8 April 2014, the National Development and Reform Commission and the General Staff Department of the PLA jointly approved the feasibility study report for the airport’s reconstruction and expansion. Construction began on 25 June 2014. Subsequently, the airport's airfield area passed major milestones including completion acceptance, calibration flights, test flights, and industry inspections. The terminal area also successfully passed both completion acceptance and industry acceptance, paving the way for the resumption of civil aviation operations. The airport was reopened on 5 February 2015.[5][7]

To meet the rapidly growing demand for passenger throughput and to further enhance Huizhou Airport’s operational capacity, the Guangdong Airport Authority launched a major expansion project in 2018. The project included the construction of a new Terminal 2 (T2) building with a floor area of approximately 16,300 m², the expansion of aircraft stands (bringing the total to eight C‑class stands) and the relocation and reconstruction of the cargo terminal (about 1,800 m²).[8] In June 2018, construction began on the airfield and cargo terminal components of the expansion project, both of which were completed and put into use in November of the same year. In October 2018, work commenced on the T2 terminal building and its supporting facilities. The project passed industry acceptance on 27 August 2019, and Terminal 2 officially entered service on 28 August 2019.[8][9]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Air Chang'an Xi'an[10]
Air China Beijing–Capital, Chengdu–Tianfu, Shanghai–Pudong, Wuhan[10]
China Eastern Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu,[10] Kunming,[11] Ningbo,[12] Shanghai–Pudong,[11] Wuhan[10]
China Southern Airlines Wuhan[11]
China United Airlines Beijing–Daxing,[13] Chengdu–Tianfu,[14] Shanghai–Pudong[15]
Chongqing Airlines Chongqing, Nanchong[11]
GX Airlines Jinan[16]
Juneyao Air Guiyang, Haikou,[14] Hangzhou, Harbin, Nanjing, Shanghai–Pudong, Shenyang,[14] Wuxi,[15] Xi'an[10]
Kunming Airlines Kunming
Shenzhen Airlines Nanjing, Wuxi, Xi'an, Zhengzhou[17]
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu–Tianfu[10]
Tianjin Airlines Changde,[18] Chengdu–Tianfu,[14] Guiyang,[11] Haikou,[17] Liupanshui,[11] Luzhou,[14] Shijiazhuang,[18] Shiyan,[14] Tianjin,[14] Urumqi,[14] Wanzhou,[19] Xiangxi,[18] Xingyi,[11] Yancheng,[14] Yichang,[14] Yinchuan,[14] Zhengzhou,[15] Zunyi–Maotai[18]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
YTO Cargo Airlines Jiaxing[20]

See also

References

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