Nonstop flight route between Red Deer, Alberta, Canada and Topeka, Kansas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Red Deer Regional Airport (YQF), Red Deer, Alberta, Canada and Forbes Field (FOE), Topeka, Kansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,789 miles (or 2,880 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 relatively short distance between Red Deer Regional Airport and Forbes Field, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Red Deer Regional Airport (YQF):

• Red Deer Regional Airport (YQF) has 2 runways.
• The furthest airport from Red Deer Regional Airport (YQF) is Tôlanaro Airport (FTU), which is located 10,310 miles (16,592 kilometers) away in Tôlanaro, Madagascar.
• The closest airport to Red Deer Regional Airport (YQF) is Rocky Mountain House Airport (YRM), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) WNW of YQF.

Facts about Forbes Field (FOE):

• 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 closest airport to Forbes Field (FOE) is Allegheny County Airport (AGC), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SSE of FOE.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• The batting cage was placed just to the left of the 457-foot center field "Death Valley" marker during games, because it was believed impossible to hit the ball that far.
• Initial work on the land began on January 1, 1909, but ground was not officially broken until March 1.