Nonstop flight route between Townsville, Queensland, Australia and Terrace, British Columbia and Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Townsville Airport (TSV), Townsville, Queensland, Australia and Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat (YXT), Terrace, British Columbia and Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,085 miles (or 11,403 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 Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat, 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 Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat. 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):

• The PNG PM wants a Townsville to Port Moresby route re-established by the end of 2013.
• Townsville Airport handled 1,644,089 passengers last year.
• The future development of the airport is governed by a 30-year master plan.
• 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.
• In addition to being known as "Townsville Airport", other names for TSV include "Garbutt Airport" and "Townsville International Airport".
• On 15 November 2011, Air North announced plans to commence services between Townsville & Darwin.
• Townsville Airport experienced a progressive increase in passenger numbers and aircraftmovements after World War II, with services operated by Qantas, Trans Australia Airlines, Australian National Airways and Ansett Australia to Brisbane, however it wasn't until the mid-1960s that airport growth really accelerated.
• Townsville Airport was the first Australian regional city airport to be granted international airport status commencing in 1980.
• 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.
• 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.

Facts about Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat (YXT):

• The closest airport to Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat (YXT) is Smithers Regional Airport (YYD), which is located 61 miles (98 kilometers) ENE of YXT.
• In addition to being known as "Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat", another name for YXT is "Terrace Airport".
• Because of Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat's relatively low elevation of 713 feet, planes can take off or land at Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat 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.
• Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat (YXT) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat (YXT) is Port Alfred Airport (AFD), which is located 10,566 miles (17,004 kilometers) away in Port Alfred, South Africa.