Ma\text{Ma}

mach (sea level)

Speed

Mach 1 here is 340.294 metres per second, the speed of sound in dry air at 15 °C and standard sea level pressure. It is the reference used for stating aircraft speeds in familiar terms, and it is the value the ISA standard atmosphere gives at sea level.

Watch out: Mach number is properly a ratio, not a speed, and the local speed of sound falls with temperature: about 295 m/s at 11 km altitude, where the stratosphere begins. An aircraft holding Mach 0.85 in the cruise is therefore flying considerably slower over the ground than Mach 0.85 at sea level would be. Treat this fixed value as a sea-level convenience, not as a conversion valid at altitude.

1 Ma\text{Ma} 340.294 m/s\text{m/s}

One mach (sea level) in every speed unit

10,738,900,000,000millimeter per year (mm/yr)
29,401,400,000millimeter per day (mm/day)
1,225,060,000millimeter per hour (mm/h)
1,157,540,000inch per day (in/day)
96,461,300foot per day (ft/d)
48,230,600inch per hour (in/h)
29,401,400meter per day (m/d)
20,417,600millimeter per minute (mm/min)
1,225,060meter per hour (m/h)
803,844inch per minute (in/min)
340,294millimeter per second (mm/s)
66,987foot per minute (ft/min)
34,029.4centimeter per second (cm/s)
20,417.6meter per minute (m/min)
13,397.4inch per second (in/s)
1,225.06kilometer per hour (km/h)
1,116.45foot per second (ft/s)
761.216mile per hour (mph)
661.479knot (kn)
340.294meter per second (m/s)
1mach (sea level) (Ma)this unit
0.340294kilometer per second (km/s)
0.0000011351speed of light (c)