Convert kilometers to nautical miles
¿You need to convert kilometers in nautical miles?
With this tool you can convert kilometers to nautical miles of a quick, easy, and free. Discover how many kilometers are a certain number of nautical miles. Use this converter online to spend any amount of kilometers to nautical miles immediately.
¿How it works the converter kilometers to nautical miles?
Convert from kilometers to nautical miles with this converter it is very easy and fast. You only have to indicate the quantity of kilometers you want to convert in the tool top and press the button of “Convert”. As easy as it is to know the equivalence of kilometers to nautical miles.
¿What is the formula to convert from kilometers to nautical miles?
To calculate how many nautical miles are a defined number of kilometers you must apply the following formula:
km x 0.539957 = mn
For example:
You have 8 kilometers we will convert to nautical miles, applying the formula we have:
8 x 0.539957 = 4.319656 nautical miles
Definition of kilometers
The kilometer is a unit used to measure lengths and that it is equivalent to a thousand meters. It is, therefore, one of the multiples of the unit known as metro. The symbol for kilometer is km, both in the singular and in the plural (1 km, 3 km, 568 km) and it is important to keep in mind that this is not an abbreviation; it does not have to be a point at the end.
Definition of nautical miles
The nautical mile, or nautical mile, is a unit of length used in sea and air transport. Currently, the international definition, adopted in 1929, is the conventional value of 1853,2 m, which is approximately the length of an arc of 1' (one minute of arc, one sixtieth of a degree (sexagesimal) of latitude of the earth. This unit of length does not belong to the International System of Units (SI).