Nonstop flight route between Springvale, Western Australia, Australia and Topeka, Kansas, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Springvale Airport (ZVG), Springvale, Western Australia, Australia and Forbes Field (FOE), Topeka, Kansas, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 10,168 miles (or 16,364 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 Springvale 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 Springvale 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 Springvale Airport (ZVG):

• Because of Springvale Airport's high elevation of 4,185 feet, planes must typically fly at a faster airspeed in order to takeoff or land at ZVG. Combined with a high temperature, this could make ZVG a "Hot & High" airport, where the air density is lower than it would otherwise be at sea level.
• The closest airport to Springvale Airport (ZVG) is Halls Creek Airport (HCQ), which is located 31 miles (50 kilometers) S of ZVG.
• The furthest airport from Springvale Airport (ZVG) is Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI), which is located 11,859 miles (19,086 kilometers) away in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Facts about Forbes Field (FOE):

• The US$1 million project was initiated by Pittsburgh Pirates' owner Barney Dreyfuss, with the goal of replacing his franchise's then-current home, 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.
• The closest airport to Forbes Field (FOE) is Allegheny County Airport (AGC), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) SSE of FOE.
• "There wasn't much flubdubber.
• A community group attempted to rescue the structure from demolition, proposing such things as a stage, apartments and a farmers market for the site and comparing it to the Eiffel Tower in significance.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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]".