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Interactive nautical miles to miles conversion tool

The nmi to miles converter below can be used to quickly and easily convert nautical miles to miles. Simply enter the number of nautical miles you want to convert and the calculator will output the corresponding value in miles.

What is the conversion factor between nautical miles and miles?

A conversion factor is used to change the units of a measured quantity without changing its value. It represents the ratio (or fraction) that expresses the relationship between two different units. A conversion factor is always equal to 1.

The relationship between nautical miles and miles is 18521609.344, such as:

Following the formula above, we can see that there are 18521609.344 miles for every nautical mile, and for every mile, there are 1609.3441852 nautical miles (0.868976 nmi).

To convert from nautical miles to miles, we turn our formula into a conversion factor that is equal to 1.

Both these fractions are equal to 1. The numerator and the denominator are equivalent, they are just expressed in different units.

Because we are converting from nautical mile to mile, we will use the first fraction: 1852 mi1609.344 nmi so that nautical miles are canceled out. We then multiply the value in nautical miles by this fraction to get the result in miles (see example).

Note that nmi is in the denominator (bottom) of the conversion factor. This is important, you always want to have the unit you are converting from at the bottom and the unit you are converting to in the numerator (top).

You will find below how to use this ratio to convert from nmi to mi. Just remember for now that the conversion factor for converting from nautical miles to miles is:

Which is bigger, a nautical mile or a mile?

When it comes to measurements, there can be some confusion over which is bigger, a nautical mile or an mile. To find out which one is larger, we must first convert one unit to the other and then compare them.

• 1 nmi = 18521609.344 mi = 1.150779448 mi
• 1.15078 miles is bigger than 1 mile.
• 1 nautical mile is, therefore, bigger than 1 mile.
• To be more specific, a mile is 1.15078 times smaller than a nautical mile.

nautical miles to miles conversion table

How to convert nautical miles to miles?

Multiplying any value by 1 will get you the same value back. You can do that one time or multiple times.

For example:

• 34 x 1 = 34
• 427 x 1 x 1 x 1 = 427

Multiplying by 1 is the first step in any unit conversion problem. The second step is to replace the number 1 with the conversion factor that is also equal to 1.

For example, if we want to convert 16093.4 nautical miles into miles we multiply 16093.4 nmi by the conversion factor of 1852 mi1609.344 nmi

By replacing the number 1 with the conversion factor, nautical miles are canceled out and we get the result in miles. And since the conversion factor is equal to 1, multiplying it with the original value won't change its magnitude and will only change its unit.

Based on this, we can conclude that 16093.4 nautical miles are equal to 18520 miles.

Remember:

• When converting from nautical miles to miles, we use 1852 mi1609.344 nmi as a conversion factor.

Practice: nautical miles to miles conversion

Try answering the following questions without using our custom conversion calculator. Knowing how to convert manually between nautical miles and miles could prove to be useful, so give it a shot. Once you are confident you can convert nautical miles to miles, there is no harm then in taking full advantage of the tools available to you.

How to convert 99 nautical miles to miles?

We multiply 99 by the factor of 1

We replace the number 1 with the conversion factor for nautical miles to miles

We multiply 99 nautical miles by the conversion factor. Having nautical miles in the denominator allows us to cancel out the undesired units (nmi) leaving only miles in the final result.

Answer: There are 113.927 miles in 99 nautical miles

How many miles are in 540 nautical miles?

Multiply 540 by the conversion factor. Make sure the unwanted unit (nmi) is in the denominator.

This allows us to cancel out the nautical miles (nmi) and leave the miles (mi)

Answer: There are 621.421 miles in 540 nautical miles

miles to nautical miles conversion

• 1 mi = 1609.3441852 nmi = 0.8689762419 nmi
• To convert from miles to nautical miles use our miles to nmi converter

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