At a speed of 120 KTS, how far do you cover in one minute?

To determine how far you cover in one minute at a speed of 120 knots, you can use the relationship between speed, distance, and time.

Speed is defined as distance divided by time. In the case of aviation, one knot is defined as one nautical mile per hour. Therefore, at a speed of 120 knots, you are traveling 120 nautical miles in one hour.

Since one hour consists of 60 minutes, you need to find out how far you go in just one minute. To do this, you divide the total distance covered in one hour (120 nautical miles) by the number of minutes in an hour (60 minutes):

120 nautical miles / 60 minutes = 2 nautical miles per minute.

To convert nautical miles to kilometers, you can use the conversion factor where 1 nautical mile is approximately equal to 1.852 kilometers. Therefore:

2 nautical miles × 1.852 km/nautical mile = 3.704 kilometers.

When rounded, this value correlates to approximately 4 kilometers. Thus, the correct answer is that you cover about 4 kilometers in one minute flying at a speed of 120 knots.