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Basically, there are indicated, true and ground speeds.

Indicated airspeed takes air pressure differences from a sensor, corrects for pressure altitude (altitude adjusted for barometric pressure) and for temperature to determine true airspeed (speed through the ocean of air). True airspeed is adjusted for winds to get ground speed.

There are many factors to consider when selecting a particular air speed. For a particular airplane, fuel efficiency generally decreases with airspeed. Increased airspeed places more demands on piloting skills.

If you know all the factors, you can determine the indicated of airspeed in the cockpit. Conversely, if the factors are known, ground speed can be determined from indicated airspeed.

Winds aloft, which often change with altitude, are a bigger factor for small planes than for large commercial aircraft on a schedule. For fuel efficiency reasons, when experiencing a tailwind, use a lower indicated airspeed. Conversely, when in a headwind, use a higher airspeed. Either the benefits are greater or the penalty is not as severe when wind is considered. Look at it this way. You would like to stay in a tailwind to get that free push as long as possible, so, fly slower.

Different airplanes have different fuel efficiency with airspeed characteristics so the optimum airspeed would vary with the airplane, the priorities of schedule, fuel efficiency and safety as well as weather conditions.

Indicated airspeed decreases with altitude, so an altitude correction must be used to get the true airspeed as well as a temperature correction (it gets colder up there).

They say speed is money. How fast do you want to go?

So, it is a trade off among competing factors.

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