# Ezhou Huahu Airport (EHU)

> Ezhou, CN · IATA: EHU · ICAO: ZHEC · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `EHU` |
| ICAO | `ZHEC` |
| City | Ezhou |
| Country | CN |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 26 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 30.34118, 115.03926 |

## Description

SF Express built Ezhou Huahu (IATA: EHU, ICAO: ZHEC) around its own network, holding about 46 percent of operator Hubei International Logistics Airport Co. and running a dedicated sorting and transfer centre on site. Conceived as Asia's first dedicated cargo airport, Huahu opened in 2022 and scaled fast: throughput reached roughly 1.025 million tonnes in 2024, and international cargo and mail alone surged 261 percent in the first half of 2025. By February 2026 the network spanned 114 cargo routes, 53 of them international and regional, with carriers such as Etihad Cargo operating alongside SF Express. A new 80,000-square-metre international cargo terminal is planned for 2026, adding about 600,000 tonnes of annual capacity for international goods. Customs clears express and e-commerce parcels around the clock. Expressways and proximity to Wuhan tie the airport into central China's manufacturing belt. The model echoes FedEx's Memphis superhub, turning an inland city into a national distribution core - for forwarders, Ezhou is China's clearest single-purpose express gateway.

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