Texas

Distance from Fort Worth to Grand Prairie

Straight-line distance

20.2mi

Fort Worth, TX and Grand Prairie, TX are 20.2 miles (32.5 km) apart in a straight line. From Fort Worth, the shortest path starts out heading ESE (109°).

kilometers
32.5
nautical miles
17.5
heading from Fort Worth
109° ESE
heading from Grand Prairie
289° WNW
Fort WorthGrand Prairie

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

How far Fort Worth is from Grand Prairie

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fort Worth and Grand Prairie is 20.2 miles, 32.5 km or 17.5 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 20.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
20.2
Kilometers
32.5
Nautical miles
17.5
Bearing from Fort Worth
109.1° ESE
Bearing arriving at Grand Prairie
109.3°
Bearing from Grand Prairie
289.3° WNW

Halfway between Fort Worth and Grand Prairie

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.734157, -97.184612 (32°44'2.96"N 97°11'4.60"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Pantego, TX, with 2,495 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

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Fort Worth gets 14 h 19 min of daylight and Grand Prairie 14 h 18 min; on December 21, 9 h 59 min and 10 h 00 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Fort Worth has 4.9 times the population of Grand Prairie. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fort Worth changed by +9.1% and Grand Prairie by +5.7%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Fort Worth, TX1,008,106 (+9.1%)
  2. 02Grand Prairie, TX207,331 (+5.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fort Worth from Grand Prairie?

20.2 miles, 32.5 km or 17.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Grand Prairie from Fort Worth?

ESE. The great-circle path leaves Fort Worth on a bearing of 109.1° and arrives at Grand Prairie on 109.3°. The return trip starts on 289.3°.

What is halfway between Fort Worth and Grand Prairie?

The midpoint is at 32.734157, -97.184612. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Pantego, TX, 2.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fort Worth and Grand Prairie?

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

Which is bigger, Fort Worth or Grand Prairie?

Fort Worth, with 1,008,106 residents in July 2024 against 207,331 for Grand Prairie, 4.9 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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