Texas

Distance from Fort Worth to Irving

Straight-line distance

22.6mi

Fort Worth, TX and Irving, TX are 22.6 miles (36.4 km) apart in a straight line. From Fort Worth, the shortest path starts out heading ENE (77°).

kilometers
36.4
nautical miles
19.6
heading from Fort Worth
77° ENE
heading from Irving
257° WSW
Fort WorthIrving

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

How far Fort Worth is from Irving

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Fort Worth and Irving is 22.6 miles, 36.4 km or 19.6 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 22.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
22.6
Kilometers
36.4
Nautical miles
19.6
Bearing from Fort Worth
76.5° ENE
Bearing arriving at Irving
76.7°
Bearing from Irving
256.7° WSW

Halfway between Fort Worth and Irving

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.819992, -97.159381 (32°49'11.97"N 97°09'33.77"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Hurst, TX, with 39,500 residents, 1.7 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 Irving 14 h 19 min; on December 21, 9 h 59 min and 9 h 59 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Fort Worth has 3.9 times the population of Irving. From July 2020 to July 2024, Fort Worth changed by +9.1% and Irving by +0.4%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Fort Worth, TX1,008,106 (+9.1%)
  2. 02Irving, TX258,060 (+0.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Fort Worth from Irving?

22.6 miles, 36.4 km or 19.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Irving from Fort Worth?

ENE. The great-circle path leaves Fort Worth on a bearing of 76.5° and arrives at Irving on 76.7°. The return trip starts on 256.7°.

What is halfway between Fort Worth and Irving?

The midpoint is at 32.819992, -97.159381. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Hurst, TX, 1.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Fort Worth and Irving?

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

Which is bigger, Fort Worth or Irving?

Fort Worth, with 1,008,106 residents in July 2024 against 258,060 for Irving, 3.9 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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