Warp Speed

The Warp Speed calculator translates Warp Speed into common velocity units such as miles per hour.  

INSTRUCTIONS: Enter the following:

• (w) Warp Factor

Velocity(V): The calculator returns the velocity associated with the warp speed in multiple units including:

• miles per hour
• kilometers per hour
• Mach (speed of sound)
• C (multiples of the speed of light)

The Math/Science (fiction)

Warp Speed is an exponential velocity scale.  The formula for velocity from warp speed  is as follows:

V = w³ • C

where:

• V is the velocity computed from warp
• C is the speed of light:  186,000 miles per second.
• w is the warp.

The Warp Speed formula is based on the fictional series Star Trek.  However, it is a useful (exponential) scale for measuring speed in relationship to astronomical distances, and works well with the limitations of traveling within one quadrant of the galaxy.

You can use Warp Speeds in calculating the time to travel from Earth to parts of the galaxy by clicking ASTRO TRAVEL TIME.

Star Trek Velocities

• Full Impulse  (Star Trek: .25⋅ c = 269813212.2 km/h)
• WARP 1 = light speed (299792458 m/s)
• WARP 2  (Star Trek: 8,634,022,790 km/h)
• WARP 3  (Star Trek:  29,139,826,918 km/h)
• WARP 4  (Star Trek:  69,072,182,323 km/h)
• WARP 5  (Star Trek: 134,906,606,100 km/h)
• WARP 6  (Star Trek: 233,118,615,341 km/h)
• WARP 7  (Star Trek: 370,183,727,138 km/h)
• WARP 8  (Star Trek: 552,577,458,586 km/h)
• WARP 9  (Star Trek: 786,775,326,775 km/h)
• WARP 9.9  (Star Trek: 1,047,197,959,938 km/h)