North Carolina

Distance from Charlotte to Fayetteville

Straight-line distance

105.3mi

Charlotte, NC and Fayetteville, NC are 105.3 miles (169.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Charlotte, the shortest path starts out heading E (94°).

kilometers
169.5
nautical miles
91.5
heading from Charlotte
94° E
heading from Fayetteville
275° W
CharlotteFayetteville

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

How far Charlotte is from Fayetteville

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Charlotte and Fayetteville is 105.3 miles, 169.5 km or 91.5 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 105.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
105.3
Kilometers
169.5
Nautical miles
91.5
Bearing from Charlotte
94.2° E
Bearing arriving at Fayetteville
95.3°
Bearing from Fayetteville
275.3° W

Halfway between Charlotte and Fayetteville

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.149443, -79.901530 (35°08'58.00"N 79°54'5.51"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Mount Gilead, NC, with 1,185 residents, 7.5 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/New_York, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Charlotte gets 14 h 32 min of daylight and Fayetteville 14 h 31 min; on December 21, 9 h 47 min and 9 h 48 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Charlotte has 4.5 times the population of Fayetteville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Charlotte changed by +7.8% and Fayetteville by -0.7%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Charlotte, NC943,476 (+7.8%)
  2. 02Fayetteville, NC209,496 (-0.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Charlotte from Fayetteville?

105.3 miles, 169.5 km or 91.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Fayetteville from Charlotte?

E. The great-circle path leaves Charlotte on a bearing of 94.2° and arrives at Fayetteville on 95.3°. The return trip starts on 275.3°.

What is halfway between Charlotte and Fayetteville?

The midpoint is at 35.149443, -79.901530. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Mount Gilead, NC, 7.5 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Charlotte and Fayetteville?

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

Which is bigger, Charlotte or Fayetteville?

Charlotte, with 943,476 residents in July 2024 against 209,496 for Fayetteville, 4.5 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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