Oklahoma to Kansas

Distance from Tulsa to Wichita

Straight-line distance

134.2mi

Tulsa, OK and Wichita, KS are 134.2 miles (216.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Tulsa, the shortest path starts out heading NW (324°).

kilometers
216.0
nautical miles
116.6
heading from Tulsa
324° NW
heading from Wichita
143° SE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Tulsa is from Wichita

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Tulsa and Wichita is 134.2 miles, 216.0 km or 116.6 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 134.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
134.2
Kilometers
216.0
Nautical miles
116.6
Bearing from Tulsa
324.0° NW
Bearing arriving at Wichita
323.1°
Bearing from Wichita
143.1° SE

Halfway between Tulsa and Wichita

The great-circle midpoint is at 36.911433, -96.616657 (36°54'41.16"N 96°36'59.96"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Pawhuska, OK, with 2,923 residents, 23.0 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, Tulsa gets 14 h 37 min of daylight and Wichita 14 h 46 min; on December 21, 9 h 42 min and 9 h 33 min. Wichita is 1.56° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Tulsa has 1.0 times the population of Wichita. From July 2020 to July 2024, Tulsa changed by +0.4% and Wichita by +0.7%. The trip crosses from Oklahoma into Kansas.

  1. 01Tulsa, OK415,154 (+0.4%)
  2. 02Wichita, KS400,991 (+0.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Tulsa from Wichita?

134.2 miles, 216.0 km or 116.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Wichita from Tulsa?

NW. The great-circle path leaves Tulsa on a bearing of 324.0° and arrives at Wichita on 323.1°. The return trip starts on 143.1°.

What is halfway between Tulsa and Wichita?

The midpoint is at 36.911433, -96.616657. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Pawhuska, OK, 23.0 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Tulsa and Wichita?

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

Which is bigger, Tulsa or Wichita?

Tulsa, with 415,154 residents in July 2024 against 400,991 for Wichita, 1.0 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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