Ohio to Indiana

Distance from Dayton to Fort Wayne

Straight-line distance

102.8mi

Dayton, OH and Fort Wayne, IN are 102.8 miles (165.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Dayton, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (331°).

kilometers
165.5
nautical miles
89.3
heading from Dayton
331° NNW
heading from Fort Wayne
151° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Dayton is from Fort Wayne

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Dayton and Fort Wayne is 102.8 miles, 165.5 km or 89.3 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 102.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
102.8
Kilometers
165.5
Nautical miles
89.3
Bearing from Dayton
331.5° NNW
Bearing arriving at Fort Wayne
330.8°
Bearing from Fort Wayne
150.8° SSE

Halfway between Dayton and Fort Wayne

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.437408, -84.666628 (40°26'14.67"N 84°39'59.86"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is St. Henry, OH, with 2,608 residents, 2.2 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Dayton uses America/New_York and Fort Wayne uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis; Fort Wayne is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Dayton gets 15 h 00 min of daylight and Fort Wayne 15 h 08 min; on December 21, 9 h 21 min and 9 h 13 min. Fort Wayne is 1.30° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Fort Wayne has 2.0 times the population of Dayton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Dayton changed by -0.9% and Fort Wayne by +3.3%. The trip crosses from Ohio into Indiana.

  1. 01Dayton, OH136,346 (-0.9%)
  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 Dayton from Fort Wayne?

102.8 miles, 165.5 km or 89.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Fort Wayne from Dayton?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Dayton on a bearing of 331.5° and arrives at Fort Wayne on 330.8°. The return trip starts on 150.8°.

What is halfway between Dayton and Fort Wayne?

The midpoint is at 40.437408, -84.666628. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is St. Henry, OH, 2.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Dayton and Fort Wayne?

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

Which is bigger, Dayton or Fort Wayne?

Fort Wayne, with 273,203 residents in July 2024 against 136,346 for Dayton, 2.0 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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