Nonstop flight route between Townsville, Queensland, Australia and Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Townsville Airport (TSV), Townsville, Queensland, Australia and Yorkton Municipal Airport (YQV), Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 8,141 miles (or 13,101 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 Yorkton Municipal 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 Yorkton Municipal 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):

• In October 2002, redevelopment started on 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.
• During the 1990s a new crisis was looming for Townsville International Airport.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 addition to being known as "Townsville Airport", other names for TSV include "Garbutt Airport" and "Townsville International Airport".
• 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.
• On 15 November 2011, Air North announced plans to commence services between Townsville & Darwin.
• 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 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.
• The airport is located 2 nautical miles west of the Townsville CBD.

Facts about Yorkton Municipal Airport (YQV):

• Yorkton Municipal Airport (YQV) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Yorkton Municipal Airport (YQV) is Swan River Airport (ZJN), which is located 79 miles (127 kilometers) NE of YQV.
• The furthest airport from Yorkton Municipal Airport (YQV) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 10,218 miles (16,444 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.