Oklahoma to Arkansas

Distance from Broken Arrow to Little Rock

Straight-line distance

213.0mi

Broken Arrow, OK and Little Rock, AR are 213.0 miles (342.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Broken Arrow, the shortest path starts out heading ESE (114°).

kilometers
342.8
nautical miles
185.1
heading from Broken Arrow
114° ESE
heading from Little Rock
296° WNW
Broken ArrowLittle Rock

Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Broken Arrow is from Little Rock

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Broken Arrow and Little Rock is 213.0 miles, 342.8 km or 185.1 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 213.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
213.0
Kilometers
342.8
Nautical miles
185.1
Bearing from Broken Arrow
114.2° ESE
Bearing arriving at Little Rock
116.2°
Bearing from Little Rock
296.2° WNW

Halfway between Broken Arrow and Little Rock

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.393015, -94.055891 (35°23'34.85"N 94°03'21.21"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Charleston, AR, with 2,731 residents, 6.8 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, Broken Arrow gets 14 h 37 min of daylight and Little Rock 14 h 29 min; on December 21, 9 h 43 min and 9 h 50 min. Broken Arrow is 1.31° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Little Rock has 1.7 times the population of Broken Arrow. From July 2020 to July 2024, Broken Arrow changed by +7.7% and Little Rock by +1.1%. The trip crosses from Oklahoma into Arkansas.

  1. 01Broken Arrow, OK122,756 (+7.7%)
  2. 02Little Rock, AR204,774 (+1.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Broken Arrow from Little Rock?

213.0 miles, 342.8 km or 185.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Little Rock from Broken Arrow?

ESE. The great-circle path leaves Broken Arrow on a bearing of 114.2° and arrives at Little Rock on 116.2°. The return trip starts on 296.2°.

What is halfway between Broken Arrow and Little Rock?

The midpoint is at 35.393015, -94.055891. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Charleston, AR, 6.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Broken Arrow and Little Rock?

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

Which is bigger, Broken Arrow or Little Rock?

Little Rock, with 204,774 residents in July 2024 against 122,756 for Broken Arrow, 1.7 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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