Nonstop flight route between Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil and Topeka, Kansas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Tefé Airport (TFF), Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil and Forbes Field (FOE), Topeka, Kansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,177 miles (or 5,114 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 Tefé 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 Tefé 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 Tefé Airport (TFF):

• Because of Tefé Airport's relatively low elevation of 184 feet, planes can take off or land at Tefé Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• Tefé Airport (TFF) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Tefé Airport (TFF) is Long Lellang Airport (LGL), which is nearly antipodal to Tefé Airport (meaning Tefé Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Long Lellang Airport), and is located 12,428 miles (20,001 kilometers) away in Long Lellang, Sarawak, Malaysia.
• The closest airport to Tefé Airport (TFF) is Coari Airport (CIZ), which is located 122 miles (196 kilometers) ESE of TFF.
• Tefé Airport handled 79,624 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Tefé Airport", another name for TFF is "Aeroporto de Tefé".
• The airport has been operated by Infraero since 1980.

Facts about Forbes Field (FOE):

• Initial work on the land began on January 1, 1909, but ground was not officially broken until March 1.
• 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]".
• The abandoned structure suffered two separate fires that damaged the park, on December 24, 1970 and July 17, 1971.
• 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.
• The field itself consisted of natural grass grown in Crestline, Ohio.
• The closest airport to Forbes Field (FOE) is Allegheny County Airport (AGC), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SSE of FOE.
• Barney Dreyfuss "hated cheap home runs and vowed he'd have none in his park", which led him to design a large playing field for Forbes Field.
• With such a large outfield space, triples and inside-the-park home runs were common.
• Forbes Field had an original capacity of 25,000, the largest in the league at the time.
• Some remnants of the ballpark still stand, surrounded by the campus of the University of Pittsburgh.