Kilometers to nautical miles (km to nmi) converter

You can enter a value in either the kilometers (km) or nautical miles (nmi) input fields. For an understanding of the conversion process, we include algebraic formulas.

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kilometers (km)

 

nautical miles (nmi)

 
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1 km = 0.5399568 nmi 1 nmi = 1.852 km

Algebraic Steps / Dimensional Analysis Formula
km * 100000 cm
1 km		 * 1 in
2.54 cm		 * 1 nmi
72913.3858 in		 = nmi

Direct Conversion Formula
km * 1 nmi
1.852 km		 = nmi

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