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= 6,371.009 kilometers = 3,958.761 statute miles = 3,440.069 nautical miles. = Distance between the two points, as measured along the surface of the Earth and in the same units as the value used for radius unless specified otherwise.
In the United States, it is computed per 100 million miles traveled, while internationally it is computed in 100 million or 1 billion kilometers traveled. According to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety Volume of traffic, or vehicle miles traveled (VMT), is a predictor of crash incidence.
Although most contemporary accounts used an Arabic mile of 6 444 feet (1,964 metres), which gave a Spanish league of the degree of 25,776 feet (7,857 metres or 4.242 modern nautical miles) others defined an Arabic mile as just 6,000 feet making a Spanish league of the degree 24,000 feet (or 7,315 metres, almost exactly 3.95 modern nautical miles).
The Irish mile (míle or míle Gaelach) measured 2,240 yards: approximately 1.27 statute miles or 2.048 kilometres. [39] [40] It was used in Ireland from the 16th century plantations until the 19th century, with residual use into the 20th century.
There are issues about using kilometres (or "kilometers") in pages. The Manual of Style has advised to show the first amount mentioned in kilometers with the word spelled-out for the language dialect of the article ("kilometers" for U.S. English).
Unit type Unit code Unit name Area: a: are: m2: square metre Charge: coulomb: coulomb Energy: J: joule Force: N: newton Length: m: metre Magnetic field strength: T ...
The kilometre (SI symbol: km; / ˈ k ɪ l ə m iː t ər / or / k ɪ ˈ l ɒ m ə t ər /), spelt kilometer in American and Philippine English, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousand metres (kilo-being the SI prefix for 1000).
To avoid confusion as to whether the distance indicated was in miles or kilometres new major distance signs had affixed to them a temporary yellow plate showing the symbol km. [14] On the many new kilometre signs on minor roads, a yellow plate which showed the corresponding number of miles was affixed under the now permanent kilometre distance ...