Arkansas to Oklahoma

Distance from Fayetteville to Norman

Straight-line distance

187.4mi

Fayetteville, AR and Norman, OK are 187.4 miles (301.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Fayetteville, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (253°).

kilometers
301.7
nautical miles
162.9
heading from Fayetteville
253° WSW
heading from Norman
71° ENE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Fayetteville is from Norman

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fayetteville and Norman is 187.4 miles, 301.7 km or 162.9 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 187.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
187.4
Kilometers
301.7
Nautical miles
162.9
Bearing from Fayetteville
253.1° WSW
Bearing arriving at Norman
251.2°
Bearing from Norman
71.2° ENE

Halfway between Fayetteville and Norman

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.666493, -95.764220 (35°39'59.37"N 95°45'51.19"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Morris, OK, with 1,334 residents, 6.9 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Fayetteville gets 14 h 37 min of daylight and Norman 14 h 32 min; on December 21, 9 h 42 min and 9 h 47 min. Fayetteville is 0.83° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Norman has 1.3 times the population of Fayetteville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fayetteville changed by +8.8% and Norman by +2.2%. The trip crosses from Arkansas into Oklahoma.

  1. 01Fayetteville, AR103,134 (+8.8%)
  2. 02Norman, OK131,010 (+2.2%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fayetteville from Norman?

187.4 miles, 301.7 km or 162.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Norman from Fayetteville?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Fayetteville on a bearing of 253.1° and arrives at Norman on 251.2°. The return trip starts on 71.2°.

What is halfway between Fayetteville and Norman?

The midpoint is at 35.666493, -95.764220. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Morris, OK, 6.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fayetteville and Norman?

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

Which is bigger, Fayetteville or Norman?

Norman, with 131,010 residents in July 2024 against 103,134 for Fayetteville, 1.3 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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