Texas

Distance from Grand Prairie to Irving

Straight-line distance

12.2mi

Grand Prairie, TX and Irving, TX are 12.2 miles (19.7 km) apart in a straight line. From Grand Prairie, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (14°).

kilometers
19.7
nautical miles
10.6
heading from Grand Prairie
14° NNE
heading from Irving
194° SSW
Grand PrairieIrving

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

How far Grand Prairie is from Irving

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Grand Prairie and Irving is 12.2 miles, 19.7 km or 10.6 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 12.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
12.2
Kilometers
19.7
Nautical miles
10.6
Bearing from Grand Prairie
14.0° NNE
Bearing arriving at Irving
14.0°
Bearing from Irving
194.0° SSW

Halfway between Grand Prairie and Irving

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.771903, -96.995424 (32°46'18.85"N 96°59'43.53"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Grand Prairie, TX, with 207,331 residents, 6.1 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/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Grand Prairie gets 14 h 18 min of daylight and Irving 14 h 19 min; on December 21, 10 h 00 min and 9 h 59 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Irving has 1.2 times the population of Grand Prairie. From July 2020 to July 2024, Grand Prairie changed by +5.7% and Irving by +0.4%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Grand Prairie, TX207,331 (+5.7%)
  2. 02Irving, TX258,060 (+0.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Grand Prairie from Irving?

12.2 miles, 19.7 km or 10.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Irving from Grand Prairie?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Grand Prairie on a bearing of 14.0° and arrives at Irving on 14.0°. The return trip starts on 194.0°.

What is halfway between Grand Prairie and Irving?

The midpoint is at 32.771903, -96.995424. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Grand Prairie, TX, 6.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Grand Prairie and Irving?

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

Which is bigger, Grand Prairie or Irving?

Irving, with 258,060 residents in July 2024 against 207,331 for Grand Prairie, 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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