Kansas

Distance from Olathe to Wichita

Straight-line distance

159.8mi

Olathe, KS and Wichita, KS are 159.8 miles (257.2 km) apart in a straight line. From Olathe, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (240°).

kilometers
257.2
nautical miles
138.9
heading from Olathe
240° WSW
heading from Wichita
58° ENE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Olathe is from Wichita

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Olathe and Wichita is 159.8 miles, 257.2 km or 138.9 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 159.8 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
159.8
Kilometers
257.2
Nautical miles
138.9
Bearing from Olathe
239.8° WSW
Bearing arriving at Wichita
238.2°
Bearing from Wichita
58.2° ENE

Halfway between Olathe and Wichita

The great-circle midpoint is at 38.293069, -96.093316 (38°17'35.05"N 96°05'35.94"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Emporia, KS, with 24,354 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 Wichita 14 h 46 min; on December 21, 9 h 26 min and 9 h 33 min. Olathe is 1.19° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Wichita has 2.7 times the population of Olathe. From July 2020 to July 2024, Olathe changed by +5.3% and Wichita by +0.7%. Both are in Kansas.

  1. 01Olathe, KS149,035 (+5.3%)
  2. 02Wichita, KS400,991 (+0.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Olathe from Wichita?

159.8 miles, 257.2 km or 138.9 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Wichita from Olathe?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Olathe on a bearing of 239.8° and arrives at Wichita on 238.2°. The return trip starts on 58.2°.

What is halfway between Olathe and Wichita?

The midpoint is at 38.293069, -96.093316. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Emporia, KS, 9.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Olathe and Wichita?

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

Which is bigger, Olathe or Wichita?

Wichita, with 400,991 residents in July 2024 against 149,035 for Olathe, 2.7 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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