Kansas to Oklahoma

Distance from Olathe to Tulsa

Straight-line distance

199.3mi

Olathe, KS and Tulsa, OK are 199.3 miles (320.8 km) apart in a straight line. From Olathe, the shortest path starts out heading SSW (198°).

kilometers
320.8
nautical miles
173.2
heading from Olathe
198° SSW
heading from Tulsa
17° NNE
OlatheTulsa

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

How far Olathe is from Tulsa

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Olathe and Tulsa is 199.3 miles, 320.8 km or 173.2 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 199.3 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
199.3
Kilometers
320.8
Nautical miles
173.2
Bearing from Olathe
197.6° SSW
Bearing arriving at Tulsa
197.0°
Bearing from Tulsa
17.0° NNE

Halfway between Olathe and Tulsa

The great-circle midpoint is at 37.506184, -95.371183 (37°30'22.26"N 95°22'16.26"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Erie, KS, with 1,035 residents, 8.4 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 Tulsa 14 h 37 min; on December 21, 9 h 26 min and 9 h 42 min. Olathe is 2.75° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Tulsa has 2.8 times the population of Olathe. From July 2020 to July 2024, Olathe changed by +5.3% and Tulsa by +0.4%. The trip crosses from Kansas into Oklahoma.

  1. 01Olathe, KS149,035 (+5.3%)
  2. 02Tulsa, OK415,154 (+0.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Olathe from Tulsa?

199.3 miles, 320.8 km or 173.2 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Tulsa from Olathe?

SSW. The great-circle path leaves Olathe on a bearing of 197.6° and arrives at Tulsa on 197.0°. The return trip starts on 17.0°.

What is halfway between Olathe and Tulsa?

The midpoint is at 37.506184, -95.371183. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Erie, KS, 8.4 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Olathe and Tulsa?

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

Which is bigger, Olathe or Tulsa?

Tulsa, with 415,154 residents in July 2024 against 149,035 for Olathe, 2.8 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.