Nonstop flight route between Townsville, Queensland, Australia and Tiksi, Russia:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Townsville Airport (TSV), Townsville, Queensland, Australia and Tiksi Airport (IKS), Tiksi, Russia would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,341 miles (or 10,204 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 Tiksi 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 Tiksi Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Townsville Airport (TSV):

• Townsville Airport handled 1,644,089 passengers last year.
• Townsville Airport was the first Australian regional city airport to be granted international airport status commencing in 1980.
• In addition to being known as "Townsville Airport", other names for TSV include "Garbutt Airport" and "Townsville International Airport".
• 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.
• Townsville Airport (TSV) has 2 runways.
• 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.
• With the new demand for international services, Townsville became the first regional Australian airport to offer direct long-distance international flights.
• On 15 November 2011, Air North announced plans to commence services between Townsville & Darwin.
• 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.

Facts about Tiksi Airport (IKS):

• Because of Tiksi Airport's relatively low elevation of 26 feet, planes can take off or land at Tiksi 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.
• Tiksi Airport (IKS) currently has only 1 runway.
• The closest airport to Tiksi Airport (IKS) is Ust-Kuyga Airport (UKG), which is located 192 miles (309 kilometers) SE of IKS.
• The furthest airport from Tiksi Airport (IKS) is Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Airport (TNM), which is located 11,748 miles (18,906 kilometers) away in Villa Las Estrellas, Antarctica.