Oklahoma to Kansas

Distance from Broken Arrow to Wichita

Straight-line distance

143.3mi

Broken Arrow, OK and Wichita, KS are 143.3 miles (230.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Broken Arrow, the shortest path starts out heading NW (323°).

kilometers
230.7
nautical miles
124.5
heading from Broken Arrow
323° NW
heading from Wichita
142° SE
Broken ArrowWichita

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

How far Broken Arrow is from Wichita

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Broken Arrow and Wichita is 143.3 miles, 230.7 km or 124.5 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 143.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
143.3
Kilometers
230.7
Nautical miles
124.5
Bearing from Broken Arrow
323.3° NW
Bearing arriving at Wichita
322.4°
Bearing from Wichita
142.4° SE

Halfway between Broken Arrow and Wichita

The great-circle midpoint is at 36.866114, -96.554931 (36°51'58.01"N 96°33'17.75"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Pawhuska, OK, with 2,923 residents, 18.4 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 Wichita 14 h 46 min; on December 21, 9 h 43 min and 9 h 33 min. Wichita is 1.65° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Wichita has 3.3 times the population of Broken Arrow. From July 2020 to July 2024, Broken Arrow changed by +7.7% and Wichita by +0.7%. The trip crosses from Oklahoma into Kansas.

  1. 01Broken Arrow, OK122,756 (+7.7%)
  2. 02Wichita, KS400,991 (+0.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Broken Arrow from Wichita?

143.3 miles, 230.7 km or 124.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Wichita from Broken Arrow?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Broken Arrow on a bearing of 323.3° and arrives at Wichita on 322.4°. The return trip starts on 142.4°.

What is halfway between Broken Arrow and Wichita?

The midpoint is at 36.866114, -96.554931. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Pawhuska, OK, 18.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Broken Arrow and Wichita?

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

Which is bigger, Broken Arrow or Wichita?

Wichita, with 400,991 residents in July 2024 against 122,756 for Broken Arrow, 3.3 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.