Nonstop flight route between Brive-la-Gaillarde, France and Topeka, Kansas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Brive–Souillac Airport (BVE), Brive-la-Gaillarde, France and Forbes Field (FOE), Topeka, Kansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,965 miles (or 6,380 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 Brive–Souillac Airport and Forbes Field, 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 Brive–Souillac Airport and Forbes Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Brive–Souillac Airport (BVE):

• In addition to being known as "Brive–Souillac Airport", other names for BVE include "Brive–Dordogne Valley Airport" and "Aéroport de Brive – Vallée de la Dordogne".
• The furthest airport from Brive–Souillac Airport (BVE) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is nearly antipodal to Brive–Souillac Airport (meaning Brive–Souillac Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Chatham Islands), and is located 12,304 miles (19,802 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Brive–Souillac Airport (BVE) is Périgueux - Bassillac Airport (PGX), which is located 34 miles (55 kilometers) WNW of BVE.
• Brive–Souillac Airport (BVE) has 2 runways.

Facts about Forbes Field (FOE):

• Dreyfuss announced that unlike established wooden ballparks such as the Polo Grounds, he would build a three-tiered stadium out of steel and concrete to increase longevity—the first of its kind in the nation.Charles Wellford Leavitt, Jr.
• In addition to being known as "Forbes Field", another name for FOE is ""The House of Thrills""The Old Lady of Schenley Park""The Orchard of Oakland" [1]".
• Pictures depict the flag at Forbes Field at half staff on opening day.
• The closest airport to Forbes Field (FOE) is Allegheny County Airport (AGC), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SSE of FOE.
• The furthest airport from Forbes Field (FOE) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,496 miles (18,501 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
• Forbes Field's ivy-covered walls featured no advertising, except a 32-foot United States Marine Corps billboard during the 1943 season.
• Even at this long distance from home plate, the wall stood 12 feet in height all around the field, with the right field wall reduced to 9.5 feet following the 1925 construction.
• The portion of the left field wall over which Bill Mazeroski hit his walk-off home run to end the 1960 World Series, between the scoreboard and the "406 FT" sign, no longer stands at its original location.