Nonstop flight route between Eufaula, Alabama, United States and Townsville, Queensland, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Weedon Field (EUF), Eufaula, Alabama, United States and Townsville Airport (TSV), Townsville, Queensland, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,119 miles (or 14,675 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 Weedon Field and Townsville 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 Weedon Field and Townsville Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Weedon Field (EUF):

• Weedon Field (EUF) currently has only 1 runway.
• Because of Weedon Field's relatively low elevation of 285 feet, planes can take off or land at Weedon Field 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.
• Weedon Field covers an area of 208 acres at an elevation of 285 feet above mean sea level.
• The closest airport to Weedon Field (EUF) is Lawson Army Airfield (Fort Benning) (LSF), which is located 28 miles (45 kilometers) NNE of EUF.
• The furthest airport from Weedon Field (EUF) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,258 miles (18,118 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.

Facts about Townsville Airport (TSV):

• In addition to being known as "Townsville Airport", other names for TSV include "Garbutt Airport" and "Townsville International Airport".
• 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.
• The closest airport to Townsville Airport (TSV) is Charters Towers Airport (CXT), which is located 63 miles (102 kilometers) SSW of TSV.
• 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.
• 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.
• In April 1980, Sir Rupert Murdoch and Sir Peter Abeles, the new owners of Ansett, were petitioning the Federal Government for international flights to begin in some regional centres of Australia.
• In the mid-1990s domestic flights started to decrease, with some services being cut back by Qantas and Ansett.
• The airport is the Northern Australian focus city for Virgin Australia, and has developed an aerospace precinct attracting major civil and military maintenance activities.
• On 13 December 2003, an "Open Day" was held for Townsville residents to view the new look airport.
• Townsville Airport handled 1,644,089 passengers last year.
• 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.