Oklahoma to Texas

Distance from Broken Arrow to McKinney

Straight-line distance

202.2mi

Broken Arrow, OK and McKinney, TX are 202.2 miles (325.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Broken Arrow, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (195°).

kilometers
325.5
nautical miles
175.7
heading from Broken Arrow
195° SSW
heading from McKinney
14° NNE
Broken ArrowMcKinney

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

How far Broken Arrow is from McKinney

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Broken Arrow and McKinney is 202.2 miles, 325.5 km or 175.7 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 202.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
202.2
Kilometers
325.5
Nautical miles
175.7
Bearing from Broken Arrow
194.6° SSW
Bearing arriving at McKinney
194.1°
Bearing from McKinney
14.1° NNE

Halfway between Broken Arrow and McKinney

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.619595, -96.230145 (34°37'10.54"N 96°13'48.52"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Coalgate, OK, with 1,715 residents, 6.0 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 McKinney 14 h 21 min; on December 21, 9 h 43 min and 9 h 57 min. Broken Arrow is 2.84° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

McKinney has 1.9 times the population of Broken Arrow. From July 2020 to July 2024, Broken Arrow changed by +7.7% and McKinney by +15.2%. The trip crosses from Oklahoma into Texas.

  1. 01Broken Arrow, OK122,756 (+7.7%)
  2. 02McKinney, TX227,526 (+15.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Broken Arrow from McKinney?

202.2 miles, 325.5 km or 175.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is McKinney from Broken Arrow?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Broken Arrow on a bearing of 194.6° and arrives at McKinney on 194.1°. The return trip starts on 14.1°.

What is halfway between Broken Arrow and McKinney?

The midpoint is at 34.619595, -96.230145. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Coalgate, OK, 6.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Broken Arrow and McKinney?

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

Which is bigger, Broken Arrow or McKinney?

McKinney, with 227,526 residents in July 2024 against 122,756 for Broken Arrow, 1.9 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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