Oklahoma to Kansas

Distance from Broken Arrow to Olathe

Straight-line distance

203.5mi

Broken Arrow, OK and Olathe, KS are 203.5 miles (327.6 km) apart in a straight line. From Broken Arrow, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (15°).

kilometers
327.6
nautical miles
176.9
heading from Broken Arrow
15° NNE
heading from Olathe
195° SSW
Broken ArrowOlathe

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

How far Broken Arrow is from Olathe

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Broken Arrow and Olathe is 203.5 miles, 327.6 km or 176.9 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 203.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
203.5
Kilometers
327.6
Nautical miles
176.9
Bearing from Broken Arrow
14.7° NNE
Bearing arriving at Olathe
15.3°
Bearing from Olathe
195.3° SSW

Halfway between Broken Arrow and Olathe

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.460222, -95.309693 (37°27'36.80"N 95°18'34.90"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Erie, KS, with 1,035 residents, 8.6 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, Broken Arrow gets 14 h 37 min of daylight and Olathe 14 h 54 min; on December 21, 9 h 43 min and 9 h 26 min. Olathe is 2.85° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Olathe has 1.2 times the population of Broken Arrow. From July 2020 to July 2024, Broken Arrow changed by +7.7% and Olathe by +5.3%. The trip crosses from Oklahoma into Kansas.

  1. 01Broken Arrow, OK122,756 (+7.7%)
  2. 02Olathe, KS149,035 (+5.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Broken Arrow from Olathe?

203.5 miles, 327.6 km or 176.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Olathe from Broken Arrow?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Broken Arrow on a bearing of 14.7° and arrives at Olathe on 15.3°. The return trip starts on 195.3°.

What is halfway between Broken Arrow and Olathe?

The midpoint is at 37.460222, -95.309693. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Erie, KS, 8.6 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Broken Arrow and Olathe?

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

Which is bigger, Broken Arrow or Olathe?

Olathe, with 149,035 residents in July 2024 against 122,756 for Broken Arrow, 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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