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Currently voted the best answer. 1 knot = 1.15077945 miles per hour. http://www.disastercenter.com/convert.htm. This answer has. 14 votes. 1 knot = 1.15077945 miles per hour. A knot is a speed of 1 nautical mile per hour. A nautical mile has been defined in slightly varying ways over time. It is based on the distance traveled in moving 1 minute of arc along any meridian. Since the Earth is not a perfect sphere, the exact distance changes from place to place.
One knot is equal to about 1.15 mph. According to the World Sailing Speed Council, the current record holder for the fastest nautical mile is Alain Thebault from France with a speed of 41.69 knots -- or about 48 mph. Given that the wind was Thebault's sole power source, that's pretty fast!