Miles per hour

Miles per hour (mph, MPH or mi/h) is a British imperial and United States customary unit of speed expressing the number of statute miles covered in one hour. It is used in the United Kingdom, the United States, and a number of smaller countries, most of which are UK or US territories, or have close historical ties with the UK or US.

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
   ㎧   0.44704
   kn   0.868976
   ft/s   1.467

Usage
Speed limit units on traffic signs around the world:
  Kilometers per hour (km/h)
  Miles per hour (mph)
  Both
  No speed limit units
50 mph speed limit sign in the United Kingdom
65 mph speed limit sign in the United States

Road traffic

Speed limits and road traffic speeds are given in miles per hour in the following jurisdictions:

Rail networks

Miles per hour is the unit used on the US and Canadian rail systems.[32]

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 metres 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/skm/hmphknotft/s
1 m/s = 13.62.236936*1.943844*3.280840*
1 km/h = 0.277778*10.621371*0.539957*0.911344*
1 mph = 0.447041.60934410.868976*1.466667*
1 knot = 0.514444*1.8521.150779*11.687810*
1 ft/s = 0.30481.097280.681818*0.592484*1

(* = approximate values)

See also

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