Nonstop flight route between São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil and Topeka, Kansas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (QSC), São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil and Forbes Field (FOE), Topeka, Kansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 4,774 miles (or 7,682 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 Mário Pereira Lopes State 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 Mário Pereira Lopes State 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 Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (QSC):

• Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport handled 1,280 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (QSC) is Minami-Daito Airport (MMD), which is nearly antipodal to Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (meaning Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Minami-Daito Airport), and is located 12,157 miles (19,566 kilometers) away in Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan.
• The airport is located 14 km from downtown São Carlos.
• The airport was built in the 1970s as a private aerodrome of a Brazilian tractor manufacturer.
• The closest airport to Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (QSC) is Bartolomeu de Gusmão State Airport (AQA), which is located only 16 miles (26 kilometers) WNW of QSC.
• Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport is the airport serving São Carlos, Brazil.
• In 2002, with the closure of the former São Carlos Airport, which was closer to town, the resident São Carlos Aero Club was transferred to Mário Pereira Lopes Airport.
• In addition to being known as "Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport", another name for QSC is "Aeroporto Estadual Mário Pereira Lopes".
• Mário Pereira Lopes State Airport (QSC) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Forbes Field (FOE):

• In 1955, a statue of Honus Wagner was dedicated in Schenley Plaza adjacent to Forbes Field.
• Some remnants of the ballpark still stand, surrounded by the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.
• The closest airport to Forbes Field (FOE) is Allegheny County Airport (AGC), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SSE of FOE.
• Forbes Field had an original capacity of 25,000, the largest in the league at the time.
• On June 29, 1909, the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs by a score of 8–1 at Exposition Park.
• 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.
• Although Forbes Field developed a reputation as a "pitcher-friendly" ballpark, there was never a no-hitter thrown in the more than 4,700 games at the stadium.
• 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]".
• Forbes Field's ivy-covered walls featured no advertising, except a 32-foot United States Marine Corps billboard during the 1943 season.