1 mi = .868976 nautical mile
One good sentence with the word 'nautical' is... "A nautical mile is longer than a statute mile." P.S.-Hope this helps
a nautical mile is 1.852 km and a mile is (statute)1.609344 km so a mile is bigger than a nautical mile
A nautical mile is greater than a statute (land) mile. One nautical mile is equal to about 1.15 statute miles.
Nautical mile is usually designated by nmi. An international nautical mile is defined as 1852 meters.
Nautical mile = 6080 feet Statute mile = 5280 feet Difference = 800 feet.
One statute mile is equal to about 0.87 nautical miles.
One statute mile is 0.86897624 nautical miles.
Using GPS coordinates, a minute equals a nautical mile at the equator. A nautical mile is equal to 6,076 feet. A statute mile is equal to 5,280 feet. A minute equals 1.15 statute miles.
1.1508 statute miles and one minute of latitude is equal to 1 nautical mile.
A statute mile is 5,280 feet long. It just SEEMS longer when you're trying to swim it. (A nautical mile is 6025 feet.)
Aircraft and ships at sea often use the nautical mile which is about 15% longer than the statute (road) mile. An aircraft travelling at 600 knots (nautical miles per hour) is travelling at about 690 statute miles per hour.
"Knot" is a unit of speed. It means "nautical mile per hour". 1 nautical mile = 1.151515 "statute" mile (regular mile)