Airline Info

Yes, Townsville Airport offers free Wi-Fi to its passengers and visitors, available throughout the terminal. Choose to log in via your social media account or email and opt in to receive updates from the airport and airline sales. 

Townsville Airport is open from 4:30 am to 11:30 pm every day. The terminal is not open 24 hours a day. For security reasons, the terminal is in “lockdown” between 11:30 pm and 4:30 am. Passengers and other persons are not permitted to enter the terminal during this time or sleep in the terminal overnight. 

Due to security regulations, luggage or keys cannot be left in the terminal for collection. The best alternative is to hire a locker and provide your friend or family member with the access code.

Most domestic airlines require you to be at the check-in counter at least 60 minutes before departure. Be sure to check the guidelines provided by your airline. 

Yes, lockers are available at the front of the terminal on Stinson Avenue. Prices vary depending on the number of hours required. For support or to report an issue, contact Rent A Locker on 1300 955 554 or at support@rentalocker.com.au. 

The Townsville Airport 2023-2043 Master Plan can be viewed here. 

Townsville Airport is a Joint User facility. Noise management on airport is controlled by aircraft noise abatement procedures and routine aircraft noise monitoring undertaken by the Airport and the Department of Defence. RAAF Base Townsville manages the toll-free noise enquiry hotline for any community complaints. Please call the Aircraft Noise Enquiries hotline on 1800 802 584 to lodge any noise complaints. 

Ideally, aircraft fly by the most direct route and at the optimum altitude for reasons of economy and efficiency of flight operations. However, it is not always possible for aircraft to fly optimum routes because of noise and safety considerations and the competing demands of other airspace users. 

Some of the factors that influence flight paths are: 

• Runway orientation 
• The need to separate arriving and departing aircraft 
• The need to provide an appropriate safety buffer around aircraft following the same path or on intersecting paths 
• The need to integrate the flight paths for each airport in the region 
• Aircraft performance limitations, e.g. rate of turn, climb and descent rates 
• Avoidance of hills or other obstructions 
• Minimisation of noise impact where possible 
• Weather conditions 
• Avoidance of restricted airspace, (usually for security or safety reasons) 
• Efficient use of airspace. 

While flight paths are often depicted as single lines on a map, it is not possible for all aircraft following a flight path to fly precisely along the same line. In practice, flight paths tend to be corridors that can be several kilometres wide. 

Flight paths show where the aircraft fly most of the time, while flight zones describe in more general terms the airspace that may be used by aircraft operating to and from the airport. Flight zones include all the flight paths and adjacent airspace which may be used by aircraft for safety and other operational reasons. Aircraft will be seen and heard anywhere in the flight zone around an airport. 

Aircraft operating at low altitudes creating the most noise are generally found within a radius of about 10 nautical miles (19km) from the aerodrome. For example, an aircraft preparing to land would be at an altitude of about 3000 feet (approximately 900 m) at 10 nautical miles from the runway threshold. Departing aircraft are usually higher than arriving aircraft at equal distances from the aerodrome. Aircraft will, of course, also be seen and heard outside this 10-nautical mile radius.