Ships and airplanes use this measurement. How does it compare to km/h and MPH?
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2007-03-12 12:34:20 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
One knot is 412 feet, so that would make 1 knot equal to 12 MPH.
2007-03-15 08:23:05 · answer #1 · answered by chicken butt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour.
1 knot = 1.15 statute miles
1 knot = 2025.3 yards
1 knot = 6076.1 feet
1 knot = 1.852 Km
Just google search nautical mile.
2007-03-13 22:05:48 · answer #2 · answered by pilot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One mph = 1.1507784538296349319971367215462 knot
2007-03-12 19:41:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
One knot is one nautical mile per hour, or 1.15077945 mph, or 1.852 km/h
2007-03-12 19:39:07 · answer #4 · answered by oklatom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A knot is 1 nautical mile per hour.
a nautical mile is 1.2 statute miles.(6076 feet)
They are based on the measurement of the earth. 1 minute of latitude at the equator is 1 nautical mile.
2007-03-12 19:42:36 · answer #5 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The term refers to 1 Nautical Mile which is curved like the earth...so it "equals" about 1.27 miles but they are about as much the same a centimeters and inches. Different measurement systems.
2007-03-12 19:40:05 · answer #6 · answered by Perry L 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1 international knot = 1.000 nautical mile per hour = 1.852 kilometre per hour exactly
2007-03-12 19:59:48 · answer #7 · answered by Char frm Undercar 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1.2 mph is one knot
2007-03-12 21:21:50 · answer #8 · answered by David A 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on the degree of difficulty one experiences while tying it. Could take a h... of long time!
2007-03-12 19:40:11 · answer #9 · answered by pistolero 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
1.3 mph
2007-03-12 19:36:47 · answer #10 · answered by Onedrop 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋