Mach 2
2,470 km/hSpeed · definition
Mach depends on sound speed. Here Mach 1 is 343 m/s in dry air at 20 °C.
Speed
Just how fast is Mach 2?
Air & orbit
Mach 2
686 m/smetres per second
2,469.6 km/hkilometres per hour
1,534.5 mphmiles per hour
2.2882 × 10⁻⁶ cspeed of light
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Mach 22,470 km/hSpeed · definition
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Concorde2,160 km/hCruising speed · specified
Each track shows distance covered in the same second. The small illustrations identify the movers; their sizes are schematic.
A little perspective
Mach 2 moves about 1.14 times as fast as Concorde.
Measurements, assumptions & sources +
Mach 2
Mach depends on sound speed. Here Mach 1 is 343 m/s in dry air at 20 °C.
Concorde
British Airways’ Concorde specification: 62.1 m long, 25.5 m span, 11.3 m high, 185 t maximum takeoff mass and about 2,160 km/h cruise. Operating mass and speed varied.
British Airways — Celebrating Concorde
The marked cruising speed is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
Measurement details
Why these numbers?
The visual compares speed with cruising speed. The records below preserve each value’s basis and caveats.
Concorde
2,160 km/hCruising speed · specified
British Airways’ Concorde specification: 62.1 m long, 25.5 m span, 11.3 m high, 185 t maximum takeoff mass and about 2,160 km/h cruise. Operating mass and speed varied.
- Comparing
- Speed ↔ Cruising speed
- Relative size
- Mach 2 is larger on this measurement by a factor of about 1.14. Mach 2's selected measurement is approximately 14.3% greater than Concorde's.
How to read the visual
The labelled spans and stored measurements determine the scale; unmeasured illustration details do not.
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