Texas

Distance from Grand Prairie to Killeen

Straight-line distance

118.7mi

Grand Prairie, TX and Killeen, TX are 118.7 miles (191.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Grand Prairie, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (201°).

kilometers
191.0
nautical miles
103.2
heading from Grand Prairie
201° SSW
heading from Killeen
20° NNE
Grand PrairieKilleen

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

How far Grand Prairie is from Killeen

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Grand Prairie and Killeen is 118.7 miles, 191.0 km or 103.2 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 118.7 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
118.7
Kilometers
191.0
Nautical miles
103.2
Bearing from Grand Prairie
200.8° SSW
Bearing arriving at Killeen
200.4°
Bearing from Killeen
20.4° NNE

Halfway between Grand Prairie and Killeen

The great-circle midpoint is at 31.882395, -97.379505 (31°52'56.62"N 97°22'46.22"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Whitney, TX, with 2,124 residents, 6.0 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 Killeen 14 h 10 min; on December 21, 10 h 00 min and 10 h 08 min. Grand Prairie is 1.61° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Grand Prairie has 1.3 times the population of Killeen. From July 2020 to July 2024, Grand Prairie changed by +5.7% and Killeen by +4.5%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Grand Prairie, TX207,331 (+5.7%)
  2. 02Killeen, TX160,616 (+4.5%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Grand Prairie from Killeen?

118.7 miles, 191.0 km or 103.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Killeen from Grand Prairie?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Grand Prairie on a bearing of 200.8° and arrives at Killeen on 200.4°. The return trip starts on 20.4°.

What is halfway between Grand Prairie and Killeen?

The midpoint is at 31.882395, -97.379505. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Whitney, TX, 6.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Grand Prairie and Killeen?

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

Which is bigger, Grand Prairie or Killeen?

Grand Prairie, with 207,331 residents in July 2024 against 160,616 for Killeen, 1.3 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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