How fast do skydiving fall?

Answer 1

Skydivers in different freefall orientations fall at different speeds:

• Wingsuiting - 25 to 60mph
• Belly to earth - typical for formation skydiving - 120mph
• Freefly headup and headdown - 150 to 190mph
• Speed skydiving - 200 to 327mph

For each of these disciplines, experience, jumpsuit worn, weight & height all make subtle differences to exact freefall speeds. During any typical skydive, speeds vary a lot.

Answer 2

When skydivers jump out of an airplane they drop towards the ground at about 120 MPH. Opening a parachute slows the skydiver down to 12 MPH. That's still a lot faster than you can run!