Ohio to Indiana

Distance from Columbus to Fort Wayne

Straight-line distance

136.6mi

Columbus, OH and Fort Wayne, IN are 136.6 miles (219.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Columbus, the shortest path starts out heading NW (305°).

kilometers
219.8
nautical miles
118.7
heading from Columbus
305° NW
heading from Fort Wayne
123° ESE
ColumbusFort Wayne

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

How far Columbus is from Fort Wayne

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Columbus and Fort Wayne is 136.6 miles, 219.8 km or 118.7 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 136.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
136.6
Kilometers
219.8
Nautical miles
118.7
Bearing from Columbus
304.7° NW
Bearing arriving at Fort Wayne
303.2°
Bearing from Fort Wayne
123.2° ESE

Halfway between Columbus and Fort Wayne

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.541068, -84.054957 (40°32'27.84"N 84°03'17.84"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Jackson Center, OH, with 1,438 residents, 7.1 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Columbus uses America/New_York and Fort Wayne uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis; Fort Wayne is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Columbus gets 15 h 01 min of daylight and Fort Wayne 15 h 08 min; on December 21, 9 h 20 min and 9 h 13 min. Fort Wayne is 1.10° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Columbus has 3.4 times the population of Fort Wayne. From July 2020 to July 2024, Columbus changed by +3.0% and Fort Wayne by +3.3%. The trip crosses from Ohio into Indiana.

  1. 01Columbus, OH933,263 (+3.0%)
  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 Columbus from Fort Wayne?

136.6 miles, 219.8 km or 118.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Fort Wayne from Columbus?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Columbus on a bearing of 304.7° and arrives at Fort Wayne on 303.2°. The return trip starts on 123.2°.

What is halfway between Columbus and Fort Wayne?

The midpoint is at 40.541068, -84.054957. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Jackson Center, OH, 7.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Columbus and Fort Wayne?

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

Which is bigger, Columbus or Fort Wayne?

Columbus, with 933,263 residents in July 2024 against 273,203 for Fort Wayne, 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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