Live flights over Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville (TSV)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 554 departures and 549 arrivals at Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville, 158 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Brisbane (BNE), Mackay (MKY) and Cairns (CNS). The airline seen most often is QantasLink.
Airport data
- IATA code
- TSV
- ICAO code
- YBTL
- City
- Townsville
- Region
- Queensland
- Country
- Australia
- Elevation
- 5 m (18 ft)
- Coordinates
- -19.2529, 146.76651
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Townsville.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 74 | 68 | 142 |
| Mon 2 | 82 | 84 | 166 |
| Tue 3 | 87 | 85 | 172 |
| Wed 4 | 115 | 114 | 229 |
| Thu 5 | 91 | 94 | 185 |
| Fri 6 | 65 | 63 | 128 |
| Sat 7 | 40 | 41 | 81 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
Airlines
- QantasLinkQLK 195
- HNDHND 115
- Jetstar AirwaysJST 58
- Virgin AustraliaVOZ 57
- Alliance AirlinesUTY 33
- QantasQFA 27
- Skytrans AirlinesSKP 27
- Regional ExpressRXA 17
- National Jet ExpressJTE 8
- Royal Australian Air ForceASY 6
Aircraft
- Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 117
- C208 116
- Embraer E190 E190 95
- R22 66
- H47 64
- B350 59
- Airbus A320 A320 48
- R44 45
- A139 43
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 42
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/-19.2529/lon/146.76651/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Townsville right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Townsville: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of TSV, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were QantasLink, HND, Jetstar Airways, Virgin Australia and Alliance Airlines.
What are the main connections from Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Brisbane (BNE, 150), Mackay (MKY, 27), Cairns (CNS, 22), Melbourne (MEL, 20) and Sydney (SYD, 16). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Townsville? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville? +
Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville has IATA code TSV and ICAO code YBTL. It lies in Queensland, Australia, at coordinates -19.2529, 146.76651.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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