Oklahoma

Distance from Broken Arrow to Tulsa

Straight-line distance

9.3mi

Broken Arrow, OK and Tulsa, OK are 9.3 miles (14.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Broken Arrow, the shortest path starts out heading NW (313°).

kilometers
14.9
nautical miles
8.0
heading from Broken Arrow
313° NW
heading from Tulsa
133° SE
Broken ArrowTulsa

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

How far Broken Arrow is from Tulsa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Broken Arrow and Tulsa is 9.3 miles, 14.9 km or 8.0 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 9.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
9.3
Kilometers
14.9
Nautical miles
8.0
Bearing from Broken Arrow
313.0° NW
Bearing arriving at Tulsa
313.0°
Bearing from Tulsa
133.0° SE

Halfway between Broken Arrow and Tulsa

The great-circle midpoint is at 36.082215, -95.841615 (36°04'55.98"N 95°50'29.81"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Tulsa, OK, with 415,154 residents, 4.7 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 Tulsa 14 h 37 min; on December 21, 9 h 43 min and 9 h 42 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Tulsa has 3.4 times the population of Broken Arrow. From July 2020 to July 2024, Broken Arrow changed by +7.7% and Tulsa by +0.4%. Both are in Oklahoma.

  1. 01Broken Arrow, OK122,756 (+7.7%)
  2. 02Tulsa, OK415,154 (+0.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Broken Arrow from Tulsa?

9.3 miles, 14.9 km or 8.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tulsa from Broken Arrow?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Broken Arrow on a bearing of 313.0° and arrives at Tulsa on 313.0°. The return trip starts on 133.0°.

What is halfway between Broken Arrow and Tulsa?

The midpoint is at 36.082215, -95.841615. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Tulsa, OK, 4.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Broken Arrow and Tulsa?

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

Which is bigger, Broken Arrow or Tulsa?

Tulsa, with 415,154 residents in July 2024 against 122,756 for Broken Arrow, 3.4 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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