Oklahoma

Distance from Broken Arrow to Norman

Straight-line distance

103.6mi

Broken Arrow, OK and Norman, OK are 103.6 miles (166.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Broken Arrow, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (238°).

kilometers
166.8
nautical miles
90.1
heading from Broken Arrow
238° WSW
heading from Norman
57° ENE
Broken ArrowNorman

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

How far Broken Arrow is from Norman

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Broken Arrow and Norman is 103.6 miles, 166.8 km or 90.1 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 103.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
103.6
Kilometers
166.8
Nautical miles
90.1
Bearing from Broken Arrow
238.4° WSW
Bearing arriving at Norman
237.5°
Bearing from Norman
57.5° ENE

Halfway between Broken Arrow and Norman

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.641078, -96.567045 (35°38'27.88"N 96°34'1.36"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Stroud, OK, with 2,862 residents, 10.0 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 Norman 14 h 32 min; on December 21, 9 h 43 min and 9 h 47 min. Broken Arrow is 0.80° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Norman has 1.1 times the population of Broken Arrow. From July 2020 to July 2024, Broken Arrow changed by +7.7% and Norman by +2.2%. Both are in Oklahoma.

  1. 01Broken Arrow, OK122,756 (+7.7%)
  2. 02Norman, OK131,010 (+2.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Broken Arrow from Norman?

103.6 miles, 166.8 km or 90.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Norman from Broken Arrow?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Broken Arrow on a bearing of 238.4° and arrives at Norman on 237.5°. The return trip starts on 57.5°.

What is halfway between Broken Arrow and Norman?

The midpoint is at 35.641078, -96.567045. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Stroud, OK, 10.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Broken Arrow and Norman?

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

Which is bigger, Broken Arrow or Norman?

Norman, with 131,010 residents in July 2024 against 122,756 for Broken Arrow, 1.1 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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