Kansas

Distance from Kansas City to Wichita

Straight-line distance

172.2mi

Kansas City, KS and Wichita, KS are 172.2 miles (277.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Kansas City, the shortest path starts out heading SW (236°).

kilometers
277.2
nautical miles
149.7
heading from Kansas City
236° SW
heading from Wichita
54° NE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Kansas City is from Wichita

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Kansas City and Wichita is 172.2 miles, 277.2 km or 149.7 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 172.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
172.2
Kilometers
277.2
Nautical miles
149.7
Bearing from Kansas City
235.8° SW
Bearing arriving at Wichita
234.1°
Bearing from Wichita
54.1° NE

Halfway between Kansas City and Wichita

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.413752, -96.056701 (38°24'49.51"N 96°03'24.12"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Emporia, KS, with 24,354 residents, 7.3 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, Kansas City gets 14 h 55 min of daylight and Wichita 14 h 46 min; on December 21, 9 h 25 min and 9 h 33 min. Kansas City is 1.43° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Wichita has 2.6 times the population of Kansas City. From July 2020 to July 2024, Kansas City changed by +0.3% and Wichita by +0.7%. Both are in Kansas.

  1. 01Kansas City, KS156,752 (+0.3%)
  2. 02Wichita, KS400,991 (+0.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Kansas City from Wichita?

172.2 miles, 277.2 km or 149.7 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Wichita from Kansas City?

SW. The great-circle path leaves Kansas City on a bearing of 235.8° and arrives at Wichita on 234.1°. The return trip starts on 54.1°.

What is halfway between Kansas City and Wichita?

The midpoint is at 38.413752, -96.056701. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Emporia, KS, 7.3 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Kansas City and Wichita?

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

Which is bigger, Kansas City or Wichita?

Wichita, with 400,991 residents in July 2024 against 156,752 for Kansas City, 2.6 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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