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It is about 20 km from world heritage site Uluru and 50 km from Kata Tjuta.
It was created in 1984 as an infrastructure hub to support tourism to the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. The new airport makes it possible to reach the area in a few hours from Sydney, Melbourne or Cairns, where previously visitors had to travel five hours on a 400 km road from Alice Springs, the closest town which is located to the northeast.