Mechanical Tables - Conversion Factors for Units of Length for Large Units

Conversion Factors for Units of Length (Large Units)



	Metric Units		British Units
	Kilometre (km)	Nautical mile (International) (n mile)	Nautical mile (U.K.)	Mile	Cable length	Furlong	Yard (yd)

1 Kilometre (km)	1	0.539 96	0.539 61	0.621 37	4.556 27	4.970 97	1093.61

1 Nautical mile (International) (n mile)	1.852	1	0.999 36	1.150 78	8.4390	9.2062	2025.37

1 Nautical mile (U.K.)	1.853 184	1.000 64	1	1.151 52	8.4444	9.2121	2026.67

1 Mile	1.609 344	0.868 98	0.868 42	1	7.3333	8	1760

1 Cable length	0.219 456	0.118 497	0.118 421	0.136 364	1	1.090 901	240

1 Furlong	0.201 168	0.108 622	0.108 553	0.125	0.916 67	1	220

1 Yard (yd)	9.114 x 10^-4	4.93737 x 10^-4	4.93421 x 10^-4	5.6818 x 10^-4	4.16667 x 10^-3	4.54545 x 10^-3	1