Nonstop flight route between Greven, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Townsville, Queensland, Australia:
Departure Airport:
(52°8'9"N by 7°41'8"E)
Arrival Airport:
(19°15'11"S by 146°45'53"E)
Distance from FMO to TSV:
9,277.89 miles (14,931.28 km)
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO), Greven, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Townsville Airport (TSV), Townsville, Queensland, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,278 miles (or 14,931 kilometers).
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Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FMO / EDDG |
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| Location: | Greven, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| GPS Coordinates: | 52°8'9"N by 7°41'8"E |
| Area Served: | Münster and Osnabrück |
| Operator/Owner: | Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück GmbH |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 157 feet (48 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from FMO |
| More Information: | FMO Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | TSV / YBTL |
| Airport Names: |
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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 |
Facts about Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO):
- On 24 September 1968 the state of North Rhine-Westphalia received permission to begin construction.
- The closest airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) is Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (ZPQ), which is located only 17 miles (27 kilometers) NW of FMO.
- Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) currently has only 1 runway.
- The cities of Münster and Greven and the Steinfurt district plan to donate an area of around 500 acres to the airport, for airport-related commercial activities.
- In addition to being known as "Münster Osnabrück International Airport", another name for FMO is "Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück".
- The furthest airport from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,831 miles (19,040 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- Because of Münster Osnabrück International Airport's relatively low elevation of 157 feet, planes can take off or land at Münster Osnabrück International 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.
Facts about Townsville Airport (TSV):
- The airport was expanded again in 1987 when a redevelopment of the international terminal opened to cater for domestic traffic.
- Qantas maintains a Qantas Club lounge in the airport terminal, with access for Qantas Club and affiliate members.
- Townsville Airport was the first Australian regional city airport to be granted international airport status commencing in 1980.
- Townsville International Airport has an integrated terminal building, with the Southern concourse the international terminal, and the Northern concourse the domestic terminal.
- In addition to being known as "Townsville Airport", other names for TSV include "Garbutt Airport" and "Townsville International Airport".
- In the mid-1990s domestic flights started to decrease, with some services being cut back by Qantas and Ansett.
- 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.
- 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.
- Townsville Airport (TSV) has 2 runways.
- Townsville Airport handled 1,644,089 passengers last year.
- 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 PNG PM wants a Townsville to Port Moresby route re-established by the end of 2013.
- The closest airport to Townsville Airport (TSV) is Charters Towers Airport (CXT), which is located 63 miles (102 kilometers) SSW of TSV.
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 16.69 miles (26.86 km) NW | Rheine-Bentlage Air Base (ZPQ) | Rhine, Germany |     |
| 2 | 30.13 miles (48.49 km) ESE | RAF Gütersloh (GUT) | Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 3 | 35.09 miles (56.47 km) WNW | Enschede Airport Twente (ENS) | Enschede, Netherlands | |
| 4 | 42.80 miles (68.88 km) S | Dortmund Airport (DTM) | Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 5 | 53.60 miles (86.27 km) SE | Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) | Paderborn, Germany | |
| 6 | 70.50 miles (113.46 km) SW | Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) | Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 7 | 75.47 miles (121.46 km) WSW | Weeze Airport (NRN) | Weeze, Niederrhein, Germany | |
| 8 | 78.10 miles (125.69 km) NE | Bremen Airport (BRE) | Bremen, Germany | |
| 9 | 80.49 miles (129.53 km) SW | Düsseldorf Mönchengladbach Airport (MGL) | Mönchengladbach, Germany | |
| 10 | 82.50 miles (132.77 km) NNW | Groningen Airport Eelde (GRQ) | Groningen / Eelde, Netherlands | |
| 11 | 87.40 miles (140.65 km) ENE | Hannover Airport (HAJ) | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany | |
| 12 | 88.11 miles (141.79 km) ESE | Kassel Calden Airport (KSF) | Kassel, Hesse, Germany | |
| 13 | 88.80 miles (142.92 km) NNW | Emden Airport (EME) | Emden, Lower Saxony, Germany | |
| 14 | 90.82 miles (146.16 km) SSW | Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| 15 | 91.26 miles (146.88 km) WSW | Volkel Air Base (UDE) | Uden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,830.70 miles (19,039.61 km) SSE | Chatham Islands (CHT) | Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand | |
| 2 | 11,539.19 miles (18,570.48 km) ESE | Dunedin International Airport (DUD) | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |
| 3 | 11,533.52 miles (18,561.36 km) ESE | Oamaru Airport (OAM) | Oamaru, North Otago, New Zealand | |
| 4 | 11,517.37 miles (18,535.36 km) SE | Christchurch International Airport (CHC) | Christchurch, New Zealand | |
| 5 | 11,511.32 miles (18,525.63 km) ESE | Ashburton Aerodrome (ASG) | Ashburton, New Zealand | |
| 6 | 11,509.07 miles (18,522.00 km) ESE | Richard Pearse Airport (Timaru Airport) (TIU) | Timaru, New Zealand | |
| 7 | 11,498.66 miles (18,505.26 km) SE | Kaikoura Aerodrome (KBZ) | Kaikoura, New Zealand | |
| 8 | 11,490.49 miles (18,492.10 km) ESE | Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS) | Stewart Island, New Zealand | |
| 9 | 11,481.96 miles (18,478.38 km) ESE | Invercargill Airport (IVC) | Invercargill, New Zealand | |
| 10 | 11,478.96 miles (18,473.55 km) SE | Hood Aerodrome (MRO) | Masterton, New Zealand | |
| 11 | 11,477.90 miles (18,471.85 km) ESE | Alexandra Aerodrome (ALR) | Alexandra, New Zealand | |
| 12 | 11,475.47 miles (18,467.93 km) SE | Wellington International Airport (WLG) | Wellington, New Zealand | |
| 13 | 11,457.89 miles (18,439.64 km) SE | Woodbourne Airport (BHE) | Blenheim, New Zealand | |
| 14 | 11,456.64 miles (18,437.62 km) SE | Kapiti Coast Airport (PPQ) | Paraparaumu Beach, New Zealand | |
| 15 | 11,452.50 miles (18,430.97 km) ESE | Wanaka Airport (WKA) | Wanaka, New Zealand | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 63.27 miles (101.82 km) SSW | Charters Towers Airport (CXT) | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia | |
| 2 | 99.44 miles (160.03 km) NNW | Dunk Island Airport (DKI) | Dunk Island, Queensland, Australia | |
| 3 | 108.15 miles (174.05 km) ESE | Bowen Airport (ZBO) | Bowen, Queensland, Australia | |
| 4 | 144.35 miles (232.31 km) SE | Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP) | Proserpine, Queensland, Australia | |
| 5 | 147.47 miles (237.32 km) ESE | Whitsunday Airport (WSY) | Airlie Beach, Australia | |
| 6 | 161.34 miles (259.65 km) ESE | Great Barrier Reef Airport (HTI) | Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia | |
| 7 | 174.87 miles (281.43 km) NNW | Mareeba Airfield (MRG) | Mareeba, Queensland, Australia | |
| 8 | 176.46 miles (283.99 km) NNW | Cairns Airport (CNS) | Cairns, Queensland, Australia | |
| 9 | 197.04 miles (317.10 km) WSW | Hughenden Airport (HGD) | Hughenden, Queensland, Australia | |
| 10 | 205.13 miles (330.12 km) SE | Mackay Airport (MKY) | Mackay, Queensland, Australia | |
| 11 | 206.89 miles (332.96 km) NW | Chillagoe Airport (LLG) | Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia | |
| 12 | 211.53 miles (340.42 km) SSE | Moranbah Airport (MOV) | Moranbah, Queensland, Australia | |
| 13 | 249.38 miles (401.34 km) SSE | Clermont Airport (CMQ) | Clermont, Queensland, Australia | |
| 14 | 254.60 miles (409.74 km) SSE | Dysart Airport (DYA) | Dysart, Queensland, Australia | |
| 15 | 257.29 miles (414.06 km) WSW | Richmond Airport (RCM) | Richmond, Queensland, Australia | |
| Rank | Distance & Direction | Airport Name & IATA Code | Airport Location | Further Actions |
| 1 | 11,883.96 miles (19,125.32 km) WNW | Agostinho Neto Airport (NTO) | Ponta do Sol, Santo Antão, Cape Verde | |
| 2 | 11,874.20 miles (19,109.63 km) WNW | Cesária Évora International Airport (VXE) | São Vicente, Cape Verde | |
| 3 | 11,820.32 miles (19,022.91 km) WNW | Preguiça Airport (SNE) | São Nicolau, Cape Verde | |
| 4 | 11,784.64 miles (18,965.49 km) WNW | São Filipe Airport (SFL) | Fogo, Cape Verde | |
| 5 | 11,781.70 miles (18,960.76 km) WNW | Mosteiros Airport (MTI) | Mosteiros, Cape Verde | |
| 6 | 11,739.07 miles (18,892.15 km) WNW | Amílcar Cabral International Airport (SID) | Sal Island, Cape Verde | |
| 7 | 11,727.57 miles (18,873.65 km) WNW | Praia International Airport (RAI) | Praia, Cape Verde | |
| 8 | 11,722.77 miles (18,865.93 km) WNW | Aristides Pereira International Airport (BVC) | Boa Vista, Cape Verde | |
| 9 | 11,717.57 miles (18,857.56 km) WNW | Maio Airport (MMO) | Maio, Cape Verde | |
| 10 | 11,382.60 miles (18,318.47 km) W | La Güera Airport (ZLG) | La Güera, Western Sahara | |
| 11 | 11,379.35 miles (18,313.25 km) W | Nouadhibou International Airport (NDB) | Nouadhibou, Mauritania | |
| 12 | 11,351.30 miles (18,268.10 km) WNW | Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (DKR) | Dakar, Senegal | |
| 13 | 11,311.12 miles (18,203.44 km) W | Saint-Louis Airport (XLS) | Saint-Louis, Senegal | |
| 14 | 11,302.91 miles (18,190.23 km) W | Nouakchott International Airport (NKC) | Nouakchott, Mauritania | |
| 15 | 11,283.32 miles (18,158.70 km) WNW | Dakhla Airport (VIL) | Dakhla, Western Sahara | |