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A '''nautical mile''' or '''sea mile''' is a unit of length. It corresponds approximately to one minute of latitude along any meridian. It is a non-SI unit used especially by navigators in the shipping and aviation industries. For aviation use, the preferred abbreviation of the [[ICAO]] is '''NM'''. ==Conversions to other units== One nautical mile converts to: *1,852 metres (exact) *1.150779 mile (statute) (exact: 57,875/50,292 miles) *2,025.372 yards (exact: 2,315,000/1,143 yards) *6,076.1155 feet (exact: 2,315,000/381 feet) *1,012.6859 fathoms (exact: 1,157,500/1,143 fathoms) *10 common-definition cables (exact, as one common definition of "cable") *10.126859 "ordinary" (100-fathom) cables (exact: 11,575/1,143 ordinary cables) *12.152231 US Navy (120-fathom) cables (exact: 9,260/762 US Navy cables) *0.998383 equatorial arc minutes = traditional geographical miles (approx.) *0.9998834 mean meridian arc minutes = mean historical nautical miles (approx.) [[Category:Aviation]]

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