TSV

Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville

ICAO YBTL19.2529°S 146.7665°E6 m / 18 ftMedium airport
On the map
Boeing 717-200 Jetstar
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Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville (IATA: TSV, ICAO: YBTL) is a medium airport in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It opened in 1939. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,438 m (7,999 ft). In 2022 it handled 1.5 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1939–1939
1939
OpenedTownsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
01/19024° / 204° · LIT
LENGTH2,438 m7,999 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
07/25074° / 254° · LIT
LENGTH1,100 m3,609 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
1.6M
1.6M
1.6M
1.5M
1.5M
1.5M
1.6M
1.6M
1.6M
758K
1.1M
1.5M
111213141516171819202122

Routes

17 destinations · 2 countries
500 km1,000 km1,500 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 miCNS · Cairns International Airport · 285 km / 177 miHGD · Hughenden Airport · 317 km / 197 miMKY · Mackay Airport · 330 km / 205 miRCM · Richmond Airport · 414 km / 257 miWIN · Winton Airport · 516 km / 321 miLRE · Longreach Airport · 531 km / 330 miJCK · Julia Creek Airport · 550 km / 342 miROK · Rockhampton Airport · 598 km / 372 miCNJ · Cloncurry Airport · 673 km / 418 miTQP · Trepell Airport · 676 km / 420 miPHQ · The Monument Airport · 767 km / 477 miISA · Mount Isa Airport · 777 km / 483 miBNE · Brisbane International Airport · 1,112 km / 691 miSYD · Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · 1,691 km / 1,051 miDRW · Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin · 1,860 km / 1,156 miMEL · Melbourne Airport · 2,056 km / 1,278 miHIR · Honiara International Airport · 1,799 km / 1,118 miMELDRWHIRSYDBNEISAPHQROKJCKLREWINMKYHGDCNSTQPCNJRCMTSV
Year-round16
CNSCairns International AirportAustralia · QantasLink, National Jet Express, Alliance Airlines +1285 km177 miHGDHughenden AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines317 km197 miMKYMackay AirportAustralia · QantasLink330 km205 miRCMRichmond AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines414 km257 miWINWinton AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines516 km321 miLRELongreach AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines531 km330 miJCKJulia Creek AirportAustralia · Rex Airlines550 km342 miROKRockhampton AirportAustralia · QantasLink598 km372 miCNJCloncurry AirportAustralia · QantasLink673 km418 miTQPTrepell AirportAustralia · Alliance Airlines676 km420 miPHQThe Monument AirportAustralia · Alliance Airlines767 km477 miISAMount Isa AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Rex Airlines777 km483 miBNEBrisbane International AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Qantas Airways, Virgin Australia +11,112 km691 miSYDSydney Kingsford Smith International AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Jetstar Airways1,691 km1,051 miDRWDarwin International Airport / RAAF DarwinAustralia · Airnorth1,860 km1,156 miMELMelbourne AirportAustralia · QantasLink, Jetstar Airways2,056 km1,278 mi
Most destinationsQantasLink 8Rex Airlines 7Alliance Airlines 3Jetstar Airways 3Qantas Freight 2HeavyLift Cargo Airlines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from TSV. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Townsville Airport” (revision of 18 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.5M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#674of 3,974 · #19 Oceania · #11 AULongest runway2,438 m7,999 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,780of 29,823 · =57 Oceania · =33 AUElevation6 m18 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,536of 43,341 · =2,037 Oceania · =1,195 AUAgeOpened 19392026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,029of 15,079 · =32 Oceania · =23 AURunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =62 Oceania · =33 AU
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
A/DAPP/DEP126.800
ATISATIS133.500
CLDCLNC DEL128.100
CTAFCTAF118.300
FSSBRISBANE CNTR120.550
GNDGND121.800
OPSRAAF AIR OPS897.400
TWRTWR118.300