Nonstop flight route between Yasawa Island, Fiji and Topeka, Kansas, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Yasawa Island Airport (YAS), Yasawa Island, Fiji and Forbes Field (FOE), Topeka, Kansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,612 miles (or 12,250 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 Yasawa Island 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 Yasawa Island Airport and Forbes Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | YAS / NFSW |
| Airport Name: | Yasawa Island Airport |
| Location: | Yasawa Island, Fiji |
| GPS Coordinates: | 16°45'32"S by 177°32'44"E |
| Area Served: | Yasawa Island, Western Division, Fiji |
| Airport Type: | Public |
| Elevation: | 10 feet (3 meters) |
| # of Runways: | 1 |
| View all routes: | Routes from YAS |
| More Information: | YAS Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
| IATA / ICAO Codes: | FOE / KFOE |
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| Location: | Topeka, Kansas, United States |
| GPS Coordinates: | 40°26'30"N by 79°57'15"W |
| View all routes: | Routes from FOE |
| More Information: | FOE Maps & Info |
Facts about Yasawa Island Airport (YAS):
- The furthest airport from Yasawa Island Airport (YAS) is Timbuktu Airport (TOM), which is nearly antipodal to Yasawa Island Airport (meaning Yasawa Island Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Timbuktu Airport), and is located 12,400 miles (19,956 kilometers) away in Timbuktu, Mali.
- The closest airport to Yasawa Island Airport (YAS) is Nadi International Airport (NAN), which is located 69 miles (111 kilometers) S of YAS.
- Because of Yasawa Island Airport's relatively low elevation of 10 feet, planes can take off or land at Yasawa Island 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.
- Yasawa Island Airport (YAS) currently has only 1 runway.
Facts about Forbes Field (FOE):
- 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.
- 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.
- Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to 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.
- It is more accurate to say Mayor Magee threw out the first ball.
- 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.
- Meanwhile, the original location of that wall is outlined by bricks extending from the left-center field wall across Roberto Clemente Drive and into the sidewalk.
- 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]".
