48 knots in miles per hour

Result

The conversion result is: 48 knots is equivalent to 55.23741350513 miles per hour.^[1]

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 mile per hour is equal to 0.0181036717062635 times 48 knots.

It can also be expressed as: 48 knots is equal to 1 / 0.0181036717062635 miles per hour.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: forty-eight knots is about fifty-five point two four miles per hour, or alternatively, a mile per hour is about zero point zero two times forty-eight knots.

Units involved

This is how the units in this conversion are defined:

Knots

"The knot (/nɒt/) is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile (1.852 km) per hour, approximately 1.151 mph. The ISO Standard symbol for the knot is kn. The same symbol is preferred by the IEEE; kt is also common. The knot is a non-SI unit that is accepted for use with the SI. Worldwide, the knot is used in meteorology, and in maritime and air navigation—for example, a vessel travelling at 1 knot along a meridian travels approximately one minute of geographic latitude in one hour. Etymologically, the term derives from counting the number of knots in the line that unspooled from the reel of a chip log in a specific time."

Miles Per Hour

"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. Although kilometres per hour is now the most widely used measure of speed, miles per hour remains the standard unit for speed limits in the United States, the United Kingdom, Antigua & Barbuda and Puerto Rico, although the latter two use kilometres for long distances."

Footnotes

[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).

Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.