Kansas to Nebraska

Distance from Olathe to Omaha

Straight-line distance

176.9mi

Olathe, KS and Omaha, NE are 176.9 miles (284.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Olathe, the shortest path starts out heading NNW (339°).

kilometers
284.8
nautical miles
153.8
heading from Olathe
339° NNW
heading from Omaha
158° SSE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Olathe is from Omaha

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Olathe and Omaha is 176.9 miles, 284.8 km or 153.8 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 176.9 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
176.9
Kilometers
284.8
Nautical miles
153.8
Bearing from Olathe
338.8° NNW
Bearing arriving at Omaha
338.0°
Bearing from Omaha
158.0° SSE

Halfway between Olathe and Omaha

The great-circle midpoint is at 40.073985, -95.426020 (40°04'26.34"N 95°25'33.67"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Falls City, NE, with 4,044 residents, 9.2 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, Olathe gets 14 h 54 min of daylight and Omaha 15 h 09 min; on December 21, 9 h 26 min and 9 h 12 min. Omaha is 2.38° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Omaha has 3.3 times the population of Olathe. From July 2020 to July 2024, Olathe changed by +5.3% and Omaha by -0.7%. The trip crosses from Kansas into Nebraska.

  1. 01Olathe, KS149,035 (+5.3%)
  2. 02Omaha, NE489,265 (-0.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Olathe from Omaha?

176.9 miles, 284.8 km or 153.8 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Omaha from Olathe?

NNW. The great-circle path leaves Olathe on a bearing of 338.8° and arrives at Omaha on 338.0°. The return trip starts on 158.0°.

What is halfway between Olathe and Omaha?

The midpoint is at 40.073985, -95.426020. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Falls City, NE, 9.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Olathe and Omaha?

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

Which is bigger, Olathe or Omaha?

Omaha, with 489,265 residents in July 2024 against 149,035 for Olathe, 3.3 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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