For multi-station passive location, analytical algorithms such as linear least squares usually required to add redundant stations to achieve linear transformation of equations, and iterative algorithms such as Taylor expansion were easy to diverge and trap in local optimization. To solve these problems, combined with the characteristics of ground-base passive reconnaissance and TDOA midpoint direction finding method, we proposes three approximate analytical algorithms of ground-base passive location based on earth ellipsoid model. Simulation results showed that the accuracy of approximate analytical algorithm was very high, so it could replace iterative algorithm for engineering application. The approximate analytical algorithm of TDOA location and joint location had high accuracy, and could quickly realize iterative convergence when it was used as the initial value of iterative algorithm. Compared with the traditional analytical algorithms, the three algorithms are easy to calculate, do not need redundant stations and higher order equations.