Use the calculator below to calculate your racing pigeon’s velocity in yards per minute or miles per hour:
Racing Pigeon Velocity Calculator
Enter Distance
| Miles = | Yards = |
Enter Time
| Hours = | Mins = | Secs = |
Velocity = – Yards Per Minute
Velocity = – Miles Per Hour
Velocity = – km Per Hour
What is Velocity?
Velocity is a measure of speed in a given direction.
Linear velocity (what this calculator measures) is measured by dividing distance by time.
There are other types of velocity such as angular velocity and radial velocity which need slightly different calculations. You can find out more about those on Wikipedia (opens in new tab).
Velocity & Racing Pigeons
Velocity has been used to rank pigeons since the early days of organised pigeon racing in the 1800s, and high-velocity pigeons can be worth a lot of money.
However, this method doesn’t account for breaks that a pigeon may take during its flight.
In a 600 mile flight, a pigeon is likely to stop several times.
A velocity calculation using their final race time will be inaccurate.
Instead, you should use their actual flying time.
In order to get the accurate flying time you should use a pigeon tracker so that you can see exactly when they stopped and get an accurate velocity calculation based only on the time they were actually flying.
Also try our other pigeon related tools:
Last updated 24 October 2026 · Racing