Indiana to Michigan

Distance from Fort Wayne to Lansing

Straight-line distance

116.3mi

Fort Wayne, IN and Lansing, MI are 116.3 miles (187.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Fort Wayne, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (15°).

kilometers
187.1
nautical miles
101.0
heading from Fort Wayne
15° NNE
heading from Lansing
195° SSW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Fort Wayne is from Lansing

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fort Wayne and Lansing is 116.3 miles, 187.1 km or 101.0 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 116.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
116.3
Kilometers
187.1
Nautical miles
101.0
Bearing from Fort Wayne
14.7° NNE
Bearing arriving at Lansing
15.1°
Bearing from Lansing
195.1° SSW

Halfway between Fort Wayne and Lansing

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.901617, -84.855555 (41°54'5.82"N 84°51'20.00"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Quincy, MI, with 1,566 residents, 3.2 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Fort Wayne uses America/Indiana/Indianapolis and Lansing uses America/Detroit; Lansing is the same clock time all year. On June 21, Fort Wayne gets 15 h 08 min of daylight and Lansing 15 h 20 min; on December 21, 9 h 13 min and 9 h 02 min. Lansing is 1.63° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Fort Wayne has 2.4 times the population of Lansing. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fort Wayne changed by +3.3% and Lansing by +1.6%. The trip crosses from Indiana into Michigan.

  1. 01Fort Wayne, IN273,203 (+3.3%)
  2. 02Lansing, MI114,336 (+1.6%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fort Wayne from Lansing?

116.3 miles, 187.1 km or 101.0 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Lansing from Fort Wayne?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Fort Wayne on a bearing of 14.7° and arrives at Lansing on 15.1°. The return trip starts on 195.1°.

What is halfway between Fort Wayne and Lansing?

The midpoint is at 41.901617, -84.855555. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Quincy, MI, 3.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fort Wayne and Lansing?

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

Which is bigger, Fort Wayne or Lansing?

Fort Wayne, with 273,203 residents in July 2024 against 114,336 for Lansing, 2.4 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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