North Carolina

Distance from Fayetteville to Wilmington

Straight-line distance

86.4mi

Fayetteville, NC and Wilmington, NC are 86.4 miles (139.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Fayetteville, the shortest path starts out heading SE (134°).

kilometers
139.1
nautical miles
75.1
heading from Fayetteville
134° SE
heading from Wilmington
315° NW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Fayetteville is from Wilmington

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fayetteville and Wilmington is 86.4 miles, 139.1 km or 75.1 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 86.4 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
86.4
Kilometers
139.1
Nautical miles
75.1
Bearing from Fayetteville
134.0° SE
Bearing arriving at Wilmington
134.6°
Bearing from Wilmington
314.6° NW

Halfway between Fayetteville and Wilmington

The great-circle midpoint is at 34.647207, -78.426785 (34°38'49.95"N 78°25'36.43"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Elizabethtown, NC, with 3,290 residents, 10.4 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, Fayetteville gets 14 h 31 min of daylight and Wilmington 14 h 26 min; on December 21, 9 h 48 min and 9 h 52 min. Fayetteville is 0.87° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Fayetteville has 1.7 times the population of Wilmington. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fayetteville changed by -0.7% and Wilmington by +8.1%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Fayetteville, NC209,496 (-0.7%)
  2. 02Wilmington, NC125,284 (+8.1%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fayetteville from Wilmington?

86.4 miles, 139.1 km or 75.1 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Wilmington from Fayetteville?

SE. The great-circle path leaves Fayetteville on a bearing of 134.0° and arrives at Wilmington on 134.6°. The return trip starts on 314.6°.

What is halfway between Fayetteville and Wilmington?

The midpoint is at 34.647207, -78.426785. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Elizabethtown, NC, 10.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fayetteville and Wilmington?

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

Which is bigger, Fayetteville or Wilmington?

Fayetteville, with 209,496 residents in July 2024 against 125,284 for Wilmington, 1.7 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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