Ayers Rock Airport

Ayers Rock Airport
Connellan Airport
Ayers Rock/Connellan Airport

IATA: AYQ – ICAO: YAYE

Summary

Airport type

Public

Operator

Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia Pty Ltd

Location

Ayers Rock

Elevation AMSL

1,626 ft / 496 m

Coordinates

25°11′10″S 130°58′32″E / 25.18611°S 130.97556°ECoordinates: 25°11′10″S 130°58′32″E / 25.18611°S 130.97556°E

Map

YAYE

Location in the Northern Territory

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
13/31	2,599	8,527	Asphalt

Statistics (2010-11^[1])

Passengers	309,089
Aircraft movements	4,017

Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart^[2] Passengers and movements from BITRE^[3]

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 per year pass through this airport in the middle of Australia.^[3]

History

Connellan Airport was originally started by Edward Connellan. He started an airline called "Connellan Airways" which specialised in transport, Royal Flying Doctor Service and mail runs. The planes that were used in this airline were usually "Butterflies" which were given to them from Qantas, Douglas DC3s, and a few other planes. The development of tourism infrastructure adjacent to the base of Uluru that began in the 1950s soon produced adverse environmental impacts. It was decided in the early 1970s to remove all accommodation-related tourist facilities and re-establish them outside the park. In 1975, a reservation of 104 km² (40 sq mi) of land beyond the park's northern boundary, 15 km (9.3 mi) from Uluru, was approved for the development of a tourist facility and an associated airport, to be known as Yulara. The new facilities became fully operational in late 1984.

On 6 August 2000, an Ansett Airbus A320-211, arrived from Auckland Airport, New Zealand, carrying the Sydney Olympic Torch for its inaugural Australian leg. From there, the torch was taken for a run around Uluru, followed by a formal reception.

Airport facilities

Ayers Rock Airport has one main terminal for scheduled flights.

The largest aircraft that Ayers Rock Airport caters for is Boeing 737-800s operated by Virgin Australia. QantasLink operate a number of Boeing 717-200s in and out of the airport. Jetstar has from 4 June 2013 operated flights to and from Sydney using Airbus A320 aircraft.

Technical aspects

The runway at Ayers Rock Airport is 2,599 m × 30 m (8,527 ft × 98 ft). It has a simple, single stage lighting system and T-VASIS.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Jetstar Airways	Melbourne,^[4] Sydney
QantasLink operated by Cobham	Alice Springs, Cairns
Virgin Australia	Sydney

In addition, there are a wide number of scenic flights that are offered by different private charters.

Jetstar operates Airbus A320, Qantaslink operates Boeing 717-200s and Virgin Australia operates a mixture of Boeing 737-700/800s and Embraer E-190s in and out of Ayers Rock Airport. All Qantaslink services are operated by Cobham. On 11 February 2013 Qantas announced that its daily Qantas operated flight from Sydney would be replaced by a 4 x weekly service operated by Jetstar.

Other aviation

The main users of the airport are light aircraft – either charter, scenic flights or private owned aircraft.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ayers Rock Airport.

↑ Fiscal year 1 July - 30 June
↑ YAYE – Ayers Rock/Connellan (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 10 November 2016, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
1 2 "Airport Traffic Data 1985-86 to 2010-11". Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE). May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only"
↑ http://www.travelweekly.com.au/news/jetstar-to-launch-melbourne-uluru-service

Airports in Australia

Australian Capital Territory	Canberra

New South Wales	Albury Armidale Ballina Bathurst Broken Hill Cobar Coffs Harbour Cooma Dubbo Grafton Griffith Lismore Lord Howe Island Merimbula Moree Moruya Mudgee Narrabri Narrandera Newcastle Orange Parkes Port Macquarie Sydney Tamworth Taree Wagga Wagga

Northern Territory	Alice Springs Ayers Rock Darwin Elcho Island Lake Evella Groote Eylandt Hooker Creek Maningrida McArthur River Mine Milingimbi Gove Ramingining Tennant Creek Tindal Victoria River Downs

Queensland	Aurukun Badu Island Bamaga (Northern Peninsula) Barcaldine Bedourie Birdsville Blackall Blackwater Boigu Island Boulia Brisbane Brisbane West (Wellcamp) Bundaberg Burketown Cairns Charleville Chinchilla Cloncurry Coconut Island Coen Cooktown Cunnamulla Darnley Island Dirranbandi Doomadgee Emerald Gladstone Gold Coast Great Barrier Reef (Hamilton Island) Hervey Bay Horn Island Hughenden Julia Creek Karumba Kowanyama Kubin (Moa Island) Lizard Island Lockhart River Longreach Mabuiag Island Mackay Moranbah Mornington Island Mount Isa Murray Island Normanton Palm Island Quilpie Richmond Rockhampton Roma Saibai Island St George Springvale Sunshine Coast Thangool Thargomindah Toowoomba Townsville Warraber Island Weipa Whitsunday Coast Windorah Winton Yam Island Yorke Island

South Australia	Adelaide Ceduna Coober Pedy Kingscote Mount Gambier Olympic Dam Port Augusta Port Lincoln Prominent Hill Whyalla

Tasmania	Burnie Devonport Flinders Island Hobart King Island Launceston

Victoria	Avalon Essendon Hamilton Melbourne Mildura Moorabbin Mount Hotham Portland Warrnambool

Western Australia	Albany Argyle Broome Busselton Carnarvon Derby Esperance Fitzroy Crossing Geraldton Halls Creek Kalbarri Kalgoorlie Karratha Kununurra Lake Gregory Laverton Learmonth Leinster Leonora Meekatharra Mount Magnet Newman Paraburdoo Perth Port Hedland Ravensthorpe Shark Bay Springvale Wiluna

External territories	Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Norfolk Island Wilkins

This lists airports in Australia with scheduled passenger services. Airports with scheduled international services are bolded.

Airports in the Northern Territory

Public airports	Alice Springs Ayers Rock Bathurst Island Borroloola Croker Island Darwin Elcho Island Garden Point Gove Groote Eylandt Hooker Creek Kalkgurung Lake Evella Maningrida Milingimbi Ngukurr Numbulwar Oenpelli Port Keats Ramingining Smith Point Snake Bay South Goulburn Island Tennant Creek Yuendumu

Private airports	Jabiru McArthur River MKT The Granites Victoria River Downs

Military airports	Darwin Tindal

Defunct airports	Batchelor Coomalie Creek Daly Waters Fenton Gorrie Gould Hughes Katherine Livingstone Long MacDonald Manbulloo Parap Pell Pine Creek Sattler Strauss

Related	New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Territories of Australia

Airports in bold have scheduled service

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