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Wind Conversion Factors: Mph to Kts, Mph to Mps, and More, Lecture notes of Physics

Conversion factors for converting wind speed units from miles per hour (mph) to knots (kts), meters per second (mps), and feet per second (ft/s). It also includes conversions from knots to meters per second and feet per second, as well as from knots to kilometers per hour (km/h).

What you will learn

  • How many knots are in 1 mile per hour?
  • How many kilometers per hour are in 1 knot?
  • What is the conversion factor from meters per second to feet per second?

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WindConversion
Fromtheuser,wearegivenawindvalueandtheunittoconvert.
Toconvertbetweenmilesperhour andknots :(mph) (kts)
0.8689762 W indW indkts = × mph
1.1507794 W indW indmph = × kts
Toconvertbetweenmilesperhour andmeterspersecond :(mph)
(s
m)
0.44704 W indW ind
s
m= × mph
2.23694 W indW indmph = ×
s
m
Toconvertbetweenmilesperhour andfeetpersecond :(mph)
(s
ft )
1.46667 W indW ind
s
ft = × mph
0.681818 W indW indmph = ×
s
ft
Toconvertbetweenmilesperhour andkilometersperhour :(mph)
(h
km)
1.609344 W indW ind
h
km = × mph
0.621371 W indW indmph = ×
h
km
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Wind Conversion

From the user, we are given a wind value and the unit to convert. To convert between miles per hour ( mph ) and knots ( kts ) : W indkts = 0.8689762 × W indmph W indmph = 1.1507794 × W indkts

To convert between miles per hour ( mph ) and meters per second ( s :

m

W ind 0.44704 W ind s m = × (^) mph W indmph = 2.23694 × W ind s m

To convert between miles per hour ( mph ) and feet per second ( s :

ft

W ind 1.46667 W ind s f t =^ ×^ mph W indmph = 0.681818 × W ind s f t

To convert between miles per hour ( mph ) and kilometers per hour ( h :

km

W ind 1.609344 W ind h km =^ ×^ mph W indmph = 0.621371 × W ind h km

To convert between knots ( kts ) and meters per second ( s :

m

W ind 0.5144444 W ind s m = × (^) kts W indkts = 1.9438445 × W ind s m

To convert between knots ( kts ) and feet per second ( s :

ft

W ind 1.6878099 W ind s f t =^ ×^ kts W indkts = 0.5924838 × W ind s f t

To convert between knots ( kts ) and kilometers per hour ( h :

km

W ind 1.852 W ind h km =^ ×^ mph W indmph = 0.5399568 × W ind h km

To convert between meters per second ( s and feet per second :

m

) ( s

ft

W ind 0.3048 W ind s m = × s f t W ind 3.28084 W ind s f t =^ ×^ ms

To convert between meters per second ( s and kilometers per hour :

m

) ( h

km

W ind 3.6 W ind h km =^ ×^ ms W ind 0.277778 W ind s m = × h km