Ayers Rock Airport

Ayers Rock Airport

Connellan Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorVoyages Indigenous Tourism Australia Pty Ltd
LocationYulara[1]
Elevation AMSL1,626 ft / 496 m
Coordinates25°11′10″S 130°58′32″E / 25.18611°S 130.97556°E / -25.18611; 130.97556
Maps
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YAYE is located in Northern Territory
YAYE
YAYE
Location in the Northern Territory
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 2,599 8,527 Asphalt
Statistics (2010–11[2])
Passengers309,089
Aircraft movements4,017
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[3] Passengers and movements from BITRE[4]

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]

  1. ^ "Place Names Register Extract for "Connellan Airport"". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  2. ^ Fiscal year 1 July – 30 June
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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"