Ohio to Indiana

Distance from Cincinnati to Fort Wayne

Straight-line distance

138.7mi

Cincinnati, OH and Fort Wayne, IN are 138.7 miles (223.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Cincinnati, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (346°).

kilometers
223.3
nautical miles
120.6
heading from Cincinnati
346° NNW
heading from Fort Wayne
166° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Cincinnati is from Fort Wayne

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Cincinnati and Fort Wayne is 138.7 miles, 223.3 km or 120.6 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 138.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
138.7
Kilometers
223.3
Nautical miles
120.6
Bearing from Cincinnati
346.2° NNW
Bearing arriving at Fort Wayne
345.8°
Bearing from Fort Wayne
165.8° SSE

Halfway between Cincinnati and Fort Wayne

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.114636, -84.819738 (40°06'52.69"N 84°49'11.06"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Union City, IN, with 3,435 residents, 5.8 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Cincinnati uses America/New_York and Fort Wayne uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis; Fort Wayne is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Cincinnati gets 14 h 55 min of daylight and Fort Wayne 15 h 08 min; on December 21, 9 h 25 min and 9 h 13 min. Fort Wayne is 1.95° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Cincinnati has 1.2 times the population of Fort Wayne. From July 2020 to July 2024, Cincinnati changed by +1.7% and Fort Wayne by +3.3%. The trip crosses from Ohio into Indiana.

  1. 01Cincinnati, OH314,915 (+1.7%)
  2. 02Fort Wayne, IN273,203 (+3.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Cincinnati from Fort Wayne?

138.7 miles, 223.3 km or 120.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Fort Wayne from Cincinnati?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Cincinnati on a bearing of 346.2° and arrives at Fort Wayne on 345.8°. The return trip starts on 165.8°.

What is halfway between Cincinnati and Fort Wayne?

The midpoint is at 40.114636, -84.819738. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Union City, IN, 5.8 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Cincinnati and Fort Wayne?

Cincinnati uses America/New_York and Fort Wayne uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis; Fort Wayne is the same clock time all year.

Which is bigger, Cincinnati or Fort Wayne?

Cincinnati, with 314,915 residents in July 2024 against 273,203 for Fort Wayne, 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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