Eli5: What’s the difference between a mile and a nautical mile
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Lot of good info here about where nautical miles came from with respect to latitude/longitude, but the simple answer is:
A statute (normal) mile is 5280 feet.
A nautical mile is 1852 meters.
If you convert and subtract the two, a nautical mile is longer by about 800 feet.
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