Nautical mile per hour conversions

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nautical mile per hour (unit of speed), pl. nautical miles per hour, abbr. nmi/h

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About nautical mile per hour

The international nautical mile per hour (or nautical mile/hour) is a unit of speed equal to one knot or approximately 0.514444 meters per second (1 nmi/h = 0.514444 m/s), the derived unit of speed in the International System of Units (SI).

The nautical mile per hour (nmi/h) is also equal to about 1.852 kilometers per hour (km/h), or 1.150779 miles per hour (mph) or 1.68781 feet per second (ft/s).

The speed is the distance traveled by an object during a period of time. Thus, nautical miles per hour (or nautical miles/hour) show how many nautical miles are traveled in one hour. The nautical mile is a unit of length while the hour is a unit of time.

The nautical mile per hour is used in nautical and air navigation and in meteorology.

Symbol: nmi/h

Plural: nautical miles per hour

Nautical mile per hour conversions: a compehensive list with conversions from nautical miles per hour to other (metric, imperial, or customary) speed and velocity measurement units is given below.

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