North Carolina

Distance from Concord to Fayetteville

Straight-line distance

96.2mi

Concord, NC and Fayetteville, NC are 96.2 miles (154.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Concord, the shortest path starts out heading ESE (102°).

kilometers
154.8
nautical miles
83.6
heading from Concord
102° ESE
heading from Fayetteville
283° WNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Concord is from Fayetteville

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Concord and Fayetteville is 96.2 miles, 154.8 km or 83.6 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 96.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
96.2
Kilometers
154.8
Nautical miles
83.6
Bearing from Concord
102.4° ESE
Bearing arriving at Fayetteville
103.3°
Bearing from Fayetteville
283.3° WNW

Halfway between Concord and Fayetteville

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.240290, -79.802915 (35°14'25.04"N 79°48'10.50"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Biscoe, NC, with 1,895 residents, 8.3 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, Concord gets 14 h 33 min of daylight and Fayetteville 14 h 31 min; on December 21, 9 h 46 min and 9 h 48 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Fayetteville has 1.9 times the population of Concord. From July 2020 to July 2024, Concord changed by +7.1% and Fayetteville by -0.7%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Concord, NC112,395 (+7.1%)
  2. 02Fayetteville, NC209,496 (-0.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Concord from Fayetteville?

96.2 miles, 154.8 km or 83.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Fayetteville from Concord?

ESE. The great-circle path leaves Concord on a bearing of 102.4° and arrives at Fayetteville on 103.3°. The return trip starts on 283.3°.

What is halfway between Concord and Fayetteville?

The midpoint is at 35.240290, -79.802915. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Biscoe, NC, 8.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Concord and Fayetteville?

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

Which is bigger, Concord or Fayetteville?

Fayetteville, with 209,496 residents in July 2024 against 112,395 for Concord, 1.9 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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