Great-Circle Distance Calculator

Distance between two points on the globe by the haversine formula, with a worked bearing and a sanity check against the flat-earth answer.

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Great-circle distance between any two coordinates with the haversine substitution laid out line by line: the half-angle sines, the intermediate a, the central angle in radians and degrees, plus the initial bearing and the midpoint. HAVERSINELATITUDEGEODESY

Point A
Point B
London → New York London → Paris 0°,0° → 0°,90° 1° of latitude Sydney → Auckland Antipodes
Great-circle distance
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Nautical miles
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Worked substitution — every quantity needed to check it by hand
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