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Miles per hour
Automobile speedometer, indicating speed in miles per hour
General information
Unit systemImperial, United States customary units
Unit ofspeed
Symbolmph
Conversions
1 mph in ...... is equal to ...
   km/h   1.609344
   m/s   0.44704
   knot   0.868976
   ft/s   1.467

Miles per hour (abbreviated mph, MPH or mi/h) is an imperial and United States customary unit of speed expressing the number of statute miles covered in one hour.

Usage

United States road sign with maximum speed noted in standard mph

Road traffic

Speed limits and road traffic speeds in some countries and territories are indicated in miles per hour, as follows (all other countries use kilometers per hour):

Road traffic speeds in other countries are indicated in kilometres per hour, while occasionally both systems are used. For example, in Ireland, a judge considered a speeding case by examining speeds in both kilometres per hour and miles per hour. The judge was quoted as saying the speed seemed "very excessive" at 180 km/h but did not look "as bad" at 112 mph; a reduced fine was still imposed on the speeding driver.[21]

Rail networks

Miles per hour is the unit also used in the Canadian rail system,[22] which uses km/h on roads.

Nautical and aeronautical usage

Nautical and aeronautical applications favour the knot as a common unit of speed. (One knot is one nautical mile per hour, with a nautical mile being exactly 1,852 meters or about 6,076 feet.)

Other usage

In some countries mph may be used to express the speed of delivery of a ball in sporting events such as cricket, tennis and baseball.

Conversions

1 mph = 0.44704 m/s (exactly)
= 1.609344 km/h (exactly)
≈ 1.467 ft/s (approximately)
≈ 0.868976 kn
Conversions between common units of speed
m/s km/h mph (mi/h) knot fps (ft/s)
1 m/s = 1 3.600000 2.236936* 1.943844* 3.280840*
1 km/h = 0.277778* 1 0.621371* 0.539957* 0.911344*
1 mph (mi/h) = 0.44704 1.609344 1 0.868976* 1.466667*
1 knot = 0.514444* 1.852 1.150779* 1 1.687810*
1 fps (ft/s) = 0.3048 1.09728 0.681818* 0.592484* 1

(* = approximate values)

See also

References

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