The use of warp speed is commonplace in the 24th century, and is the major form of travel within the Federation. This chart identifies the relationship between Warp speeds and 20th century standard units of speed.
Speed |
KM/HR |
Number of Times the Speed of Light |
Standard Orbit | 9600 | <.00001 (sublight) |
One-Quarter Impulse | 67 million | .0625 (sublight) |
Half Impulse | 135 million | .125 (sublight) |
Full Impulse | 270 million | .25 (sublight) |
WF 1 | 1078 million | 1 |
WF 2 | 11 billion | 10 |
WF 3 | 42 billion | 39 |
WF 4 | 110 billion | 102 |
WF 5 | 231 billion | 214 (Standard Cruising Speed) |
WF 6 | 423 billion | 392 |
WF 7 | 708 billion | 656 |
WF 8 | 1.11 trillion | 1,024 |
WF 9 | 1.63 trillion | 1,516 |
WF 9.2 | 1.78 trillion | 1,649 |
WF 9.6 | 2.06 trillion | 1,909 |
WF 9.9 | 3.29 trillion | 3,053 |
WF 9.99 | 8.54 trillion | 7,912 |
WF 9.9999 | 215 trillion | 199,516 |
WF 10 | infinite | infinite |