✈️Airline Definitions

Definition

# Knots (Airspeed)

Airspeed is measured in knots:

1 knot = 1 nm per hour

So: 500 knots = 500 nautical miles per hour

nm → km: multiply by ~1.85

nm → miles: multiply by ~1.15

# nm = nautical mile

A nautical mile is a distance unit used in aviation navigation, and, it's not the regular mile you use on roads.

1 nautical mile (nm) = 1.852 km≈ 1.15 miles

eg. “fly up to 4,300 nm”. It means the aircraft can fly about: ~7,964 km, or ~4,950 miles