Nonstop flight route between Townsville, Queensland, Australia and Maupiti, Leeward Islands, French Polynesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Townsville Airport (TSV), Townsville, Queensland, Australia and Maupiti Airport (MAU), Maupiti, Leeward Islands, French Polynesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,996 miles (or 6,431 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Townsville Airport and Maupiti Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Townsville Airport and Maupiti Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TSV / YBTL |
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Location: | Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
GPS Coordinates: | 19°15'11"S by 146°45'53"E |
Area Served: | Townsville, Queensland |
Operator/Owner: | Department of Defence |
Airport Type: | Military/Public |
Elevation: | 18 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from TSV |
More Information: | TSV Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | MAU / NTTP |
Airport Name: | Maupiti Airport |
Location: | Maupiti, Leeward Islands, French Polynesia |
GPS Coordinates: | 16°25'35"S by 152°14'35"W |
Operator/Owner: | Government |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 15 feet (5 meters) |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from MAU |
More Information: | MAU Maps & Info |
Facts about Townsville Airport (TSV):
- Townsville International Airport is a common-use civilian and defence facility, sharing access with RAAF Base Townsville.
- The closest airport to Townsville Airport (TSV) is Charters Towers Airport (CXT), which is located 63 miles (102 kilometers) SSW of TSV.
- In the mid-1990s domestic flights started to decrease, with some services being cut back by Qantas and Ansett.
- The project included a new common user departures and arrivals lounge, new modern check-in facilities for Qantas and QantasLink, a new Qantas Club adjacent to the new departures lounge, new retail stores and airside retail space, a new mezzanine level with departure lounges, and three aerobridges for aircraft up to the size of Boeing 767 aircraft.
- The first airport was established in the 1920s in the Thuringowa Shire south of the Ross River, in what is now the suburb of Murray.
- Townsville Airport (TSV) has 2 runways.
- Because of Townsville Airport's relatively low elevation of 18 feet, planes can take off or land at Townsville Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- Townsville International Airport has an integrated terminal building, with the Southern concourse the international terminal, and the Northern concourse the domestic terminal.
- The furthest airport from Townsville Airport (TSV) is Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO), which is located 11,884 miles (19,125 kilometers) away in Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde.
- In addition to being known as "Townsville Airport", other names for TSV include "Garbutt Airport" and "Townsville International Airport".
- Townsville Airport handled 1,644,089 passengers last year.
- The airport was expanded again in 1987 when a redevelopment of the international terminal opened to cater for domestic traffic.
- The future development of the airport is governed by a 30-year master plan.
Facts about Maupiti Airport (MAU):
- Because of Maupiti Airport's relatively low elevation of 15 feet, planes can take off or land at Maupiti Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- The furthest airport from Maupiti Airport (MAU) is El Debba Airport (EDB), which is nearly antipodal to Maupiti Airport (meaning Maupiti Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from El Debba Airport), and is located 12,198 miles (19,631 kilometers) away in El Debba (Al Dabbah), Sudan.
- Maupiti Airport (MAU) currently has only 1 runway.
- The closest airport to Maupiti Airport (MAU) is Bora Bora Airport (BOB), which is located 33 miles (52 kilometers) E of MAU.