Nonstop flight route between Townsville, Queensland, Australia and Manado, Indonesia:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Townsville Airport (TSV), Townsville, Queensland, Australia and Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (MDC), Manado, Indonesia would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,064 miles (or 3,322 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 relatively short distance between Townsville Airport and Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA), the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
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: | MDC / WAMM |
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| Location: | Manado, Indonesia |
| GPS Coordinates: | 1°32'57"N by 124°55'35"E |
| Area Served: | Manado, Bitung, Tomohon, North Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| Operator/Owner: | PT Angkasa Pura I |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 266 feet (81 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from MDC |
| More Information: | MDC Maps & Info |
Facts about Townsville Airport (TSV):
- Townsville Airport handled 1,644,089 passengers last year.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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".
- Townsville Airport (TSV) has 2 runways.
- 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.
- The Department of Defence was looking for military airfield sites in northern Australia at the time, and almost immediately Townsville Airport was planned for expansion as a Royal Australian Air Force base for three fighter squadrons.
- 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.
- 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.
Facts about Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (MDC):
- A minor upgrade had been done prior to the World Ocean Conference and Coral Triangle Initiative Summit on May 2009.
- Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (MDC) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA)", another name for MDC is "Bandar Udara Internasional Sam Ratulangi".
- The furthest airport from Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (MDC) is Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport (STM), which is nearly antipodal to Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (meaning Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Santarém–Maestro Wilson Fonseca Airport), and is located 12,373 miles (19,913 kilometers) away in Santarém, Pará, Brazil.
- The closest airport to Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) (MDC) is Naha Airport (NAH), which is located 153 miles (247 kilometers) NNE of MDC.
- Because of Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA)'s relatively low elevation of 266 feet, planes can take off or land at Sam Ratulangi International Airport (SRA) 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.
- Construction began in 1998 on a new terminal with funds from the Asian Development Bank and Government of Indonesia.
