Ayers Rock Airport Connellan Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia Pty Ltd | ||||||||||
| Location | Yulara[1] | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,626 ft / 496 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°11′10″S 130°58′32″E / 25.18611°S 130.97556°E | ||||||||||
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  YAYE Location in the Northern Territory | |||||||||||
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Ayers Rock Airport (also known as Connellan Airport) (IATA: AYQ, ICAO: YAYE) is situated near Yulara, around 463 km (288 mi) (5 hrs drive) away from Alice Springs, Northern Territory, and 20 minutes drive from Uluru / Ayers Rock itself. An average of just under 300,000 passengers pass through this airport each year.[4]
- ^ "Place Names Register Extract for "Connellan Airport"". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ Fiscal year 1 July – 30 June
- ^ YAYE – Ayers Rock/Connellan (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Airport Traffic Data 1985-86 to 2010-11". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). May 2012. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"