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Jul 1st, 2004 at 10:19am

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hi
i have been reading about planes and i have seen they talk about knots and kias What is the difference?
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Reply #1 - Jul 1st, 2004 at 11:41am

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KIAS is Knots Indicated Airspeed

KIAS is the what your needle shows(indicates) on your airspeed indicator.
At very high altitudes the difference between true airspeed/KTAS (the speed at which the airplane is actually moving through the air) and the IAS is very large.
For example: at 37,000ft, INDICATED airspeed will be around 230kts, while TRUE airspeed will be around 450kts.
 
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