Nonstop flight route between Townsville, Queensland, Australia and Tuntutuliak, Alaska, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Townsville Airport (TSV), Townsville, Queensland, Australia and Tuntutuliak Airport (WTL), Tuntutuliak, Alaska, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 6,178 miles (or 9,942 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 Tuntutuliak 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 Tuntutuliak 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 was the first Australian regional city airport to be granted international airport status commencing in 1980.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Townsville Airport", other names for TSV include "Garbutt Airport" and "Townsville International Airport".
• 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.

Facts about Tuntutuliak Airport (WTL):

• Tuntutuliak Airport (WTL) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Tuntutuliak Airport", another name for WTL is "A61".
• The closest airport to Tuntutuliak Airport (WTL) is Eek Airport (EEK), which is located 23 miles (37 kilometers) ESE of WTL.
• Because of Tuntutuliak Airport's relatively low elevation of 16 feet, planes can take off or land at Tuntutuliak 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 Tuntutuliak Airport (WTL) is Cape Town International Airport (CPT), which is located 10,614 miles (17,082 kilometers) away in Cape Town, South Africa.