Live flights over Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville (TSV)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 87 departures and 90 arrivals at Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville, 89 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Brisbane (BNE), Melbourne (MEL) and Sydney (SYD). 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 60 | 63 | 123 |
| Sat 24 | 27 | 27 | 54 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
Airlines
- QantasLinkQLK 44
- Jetstar AirwaysJST 24
- Virgin AustraliaVOZ 16
- HNDHND 11
- AirnorthANO 3
- Royal Australian Air ForceASY 2
- Commandement Du Transport Aerien Militaire FrancaisCTM 2
- QantasQFA 2
- Regional ExpressRXA 2
- Skytrans AirlinesSKP 2
Aircraft
- Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 25
- Embraer E190 E190 19
- Airbus A320 A320 12
- B350 12
- Boeing 737-800 B738 12
- A139 11
- C208 11
- Airbus A321neo A21N 6
- Boeing 737-700 B737 6
- EC30 6
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were QantasLink, Jetstar Airways, Virgin Australia, HND and Airnorth.
What are the main connections from Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Brisbane (BNE, 34), Melbourne (MEL, 7), Sydney (SYD, 7) and Mackay (MKY, 5). 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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