Huizhou Airport

Overview

Huizhou Pingtan Airport serves Huizhou in Guangdong, China, and is the city’s main air gateway for domestic air travel. Listed under IATA code HUZ and ICAO code ZGHZ, it is classified as a medium airport, making it large enough to handle regular scheduled traffic while still tending to feel more manageable than the biggest hubs in the region. For travellers heading to Huizhou’s urban districts, business areas, or the wider eastern Pearl River Delta, it provides a practical arrival point without the scale and pace of China’s busiest international airports.

What travellers should know

• The airport serves Huizhou, specifically the Pingtan area, so check your ground transport route before arrival.
• Huizhou Pingtan Airport operates in the Asia/Shanghai time zone, the standard time used across mainland China.
• Its field elevation is 50 feet (15 metres), which is operationally low and typical of many airports in southern China’s coastal region.
• The airfield has one lighted runway, 09/27, measuring 7,874 feet, suitable for routine commercial operations.

On arrival and departure

For most visitors, the airport’s value lies in simplicity: a single-runway medium airport can be easier to navigate than a major multi-runway hub, which may help reduce stress on travel days. If you are booking onward transport, it is smart to plan for normal city-transfer time rather than assume the airport is in central Huizhou itself. Departing passengers should still allow a sensible buffer for check-in and security, especially during holidays and peak domestic travel periods, but overall HUZ is best thought of as a convenient regional gateway focused on straightforward access to Huizhou.