Nautical Mile vs. Mile

While mile is a unit of distance on land, a nautical mile is used to measure distances at sea.

1 nautical mile = 1.151 mi

Comparison chart

Mile versus Nautical Mile comparison chart

	Mile	Nautical Mile
Yards	1 mile = 1,760 yd	1 nautical mile = 2025.372 yd
Feet	1 mile = 5,280 ft	1 nautical mile = 6076.115 ft
Meters	1 mile = 1609.344 m	1 nautical mile = 1852 m
Inches	1 mile = 63,360 in	1 nautical mile = 72,913 in
Kilometers	1 mile = 1.609 km	1 nautical mile = 1.852 km
Miles	1 mile = 1 mile	1 nautical mile = 1.151 mi

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