North Carolina

Distance from Fayetteville to Winston-Salem

Straight-line distance

101.0mi

Fayetteville, NC and Winston-Salem, NC are 101.0 miles (162.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Fayetteville, the shortest path starts out heading NW (315°).

kilometers
162.5
nautical miles
87.8
heading from Fayetteville
315° NW
heading from Winston-Salem
134° SE
FayettevilleWinston-Salem

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

How far Fayetteville is from Winston-Salem

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fayetteville and Winston-Salem is 101.0 miles, 162.5 km or 87.8 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 101.0 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
101.0
Kilometers
162.5
Nautical miles
87.8
Bearing from Fayetteville
314.6° NW
Bearing arriving at Winston-Salem
313.9°
Bearing from Winston-Salem
133.9° SE

Halfway between Fayetteville and Winston-Salem

The great-circle midpoint is at 35.594561, -79.613049 (35°35'40.42"N 79°36'46.98"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Ramseur, NC, with 1,790 residents, 10.1 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 Winston-Salem 14 h 37 min; on December 21, 9 h 48 min and 9 h 42 min. Winston-Salem is 1.02° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Winston-Salem has 1.2 times the population of Fayetteville. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fayetteville changed by -0.7% and Winston-Salem by +2.6%. Both are in North Carolina.

  1. 01Fayetteville, NC209,496 (-0.7%)
  2. 02Winston-Salem, NC255,769 (+2.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fayetteville from Winston-Salem?

101.0 miles, 162.5 km or 87.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Winston-Salem from Fayetteville?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Fayetteville on a bearing of 314.6° and arrives at Winston-Salem on 313.9°. The return trip starts on 133.9°.

What is halfway between Fayetteville and Winston-Salem?

The midpoint is at 35.594561, -79.613049. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Ramseur, NC, 10.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fayetteville and Winston-Salem?

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

Which is bigger, Fayetteville or Winston-Salem?

Winston-Salem, with 255,769 residents in July 2024 against 209,496 for Fayetteville, 1.2 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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