Nonstop flight route between Pamplona, Spain and Townsville, Queensland, Australia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Pamplona Airport (PNA), Pamplona, Spain and Townsville Airport (TSV), Townsville, Queensland, Australia would travel a Great Circle distance of 9,985 miles (or 16,069 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 Pamplona Airport 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 Pamplona Airport 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 Pamplona Airport (PNA):

• In addition to being known as "Pamplona Airport", another name for PNA is "Pamplona-Nóain Airport".
• The closest airport to Pamplona Airport (PNA) is Logroño–Agoncillo Airport (RJL), which is located 40 miles (65 kilometers) WSW of PNA.
• The furthest airport from Pamplona Airport (PNA) is Hood Aerodrome (MRO), which is nearly antipodal to Pamplona Airport (meaning Pamplona Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Hood Aerodrome), and is located 12,250 miles (19,714 kilometers) away in Masterton, New Zealand.
• Pamplona Airport (PNA) currently has only 1 runway.

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.
• 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 International Airport has an integrated terminal building, with the Southern concourse the international terminal, and the Northern concourse the domestic terminal.
• In August 2002, Qantas ceased the services to Singapore, which had been at times circuitously routed via southern airports such as Brisbane, due to lack of demand.
• Townsville Airport handled 1,644,089 passengers last year.
• In 2008 another upgrade project was completed, with an improvement of the check-in desks of the current airlines and an extra two desks built for Virgin Australia.
• The closest airport to Townsville Airport (TSV) is Charters Towers Airport (CXT), which is located 63 miles (102 kilometers) SSW of TSV.
• 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 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.
• During 1942, the defence establishment in the Townsville region increased enormously, and five other military airfields were built in the immediate vicinity of Townsville.
• In addition to being known as "Townsville Airport", other names for TSV include "Garbutt Airport" and "Townsville International Airport".
• Townsville Airport (TSV) has 2 runways.
• In the mid-1990s domestic flights started to decrease, with some services being cut back by Qantas and Ansett.