Texas

Distance from Abilene to Killeen

Straight-line distance

151.4mi

Abilene, TX and Killeen, TX are 151.4 miles (243.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Abilene, the shortest path starts out heading SE (128°).

kilometers
243.7
nautical miles
131.6
heading from Abilene
128° SE
heading from Killeen
309° NW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Abilene is from Killeen

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Abilene and Killeen is 151.4 miles, 243.7 km or 131.6 nautical miles. That is the shortest path over the Earth's surface, computed with the haversine formula on a sphere with the mean Earth radius, 6,371.0 km. A course held on one compass bearing (a rhumb line) would be 151.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
151.4
Kilometers
243.7
Nautical miles
131.6
Bearing from Abilene
128.4° SE
Bearing arriving at Killeen
129.4°
Bearing from Killeen
309.4° NW

Halfway between Abilene and Killeen

The great-circle midpoint is at 31.770030, -98.727587 (31°46'12.11"N 98°43'39.31"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Comanche, TX, with 4,401 residents, 11.6 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Abilene gets 14 h 17 min of daylight and Killeen 14 h 10 min; on December 21, 10 h 01 min and 10 h 08 min. Abilene is 1.38° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Killeen has 1.2 times the population of Abilene. From July 2020 to July 2024, Abilene changed by +4.2% and Killeen by +4.5%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Abilene, TX130,501 (+4.2%)
  2. 02Killeen, TX160,616 (+4.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Abilene from Killeen?

151.4 miles, 243.7 km or 131.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Killeen from Abilene?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Abilene on a bearing of 128.4° and arrives at Killeen on 129.4°. The return trip starts on 309.4°.

What is halfway between Abilene and Killeen?

The midpoint is at 31.770030, -98.727587. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Comanche, TX, 11.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Abilene and Killeen?

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference.

Which is bigger, Abilene or Killeen?

Killeen, with 160,616 residents in July 2024 against 130,501 for Abilene, 1.2 times as many.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and Vintage 2024 estimates; time zones from Open-Meteo.

  1. 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  2. 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  3. 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  4. 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

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