Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from knots to meters per second is 0.514444444444, which means that 1 knot is equal to 0.514444444444 meters per second:
1 kt = 0.514444444444 m/s
To convert 10.9 knots into meters per second we have to multiply 10.9 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from knots to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 kt → 0.514444444444 m/s
10.9 kt → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 10.9 kt × 0.514444444444 m/s
V(m/s) = 5.6074444444396 m/s
The final result is:
10.9 kt → 5.6074444444396 m/s
We conclude that 10.9 knots is equivalent to 5.6074444444396 meters per second:
10.9 knots = 5.6074444444396 meters per second
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter per second is equal to 0.1783343571048 × 10.9 knots.
Another way is saying that 10.9 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.1783343571048 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that ten point nine knots is approximately five point six zero seven meters per second:
10.9 kt ≅ 5.607 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point one seven eight times ten point nine knots.
Conversion table
knots to meters per second chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from knots to meters per second
knots (kt) | meters per second (m/s) |
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11.9 knots | 6.122 meters per second |
12.9 knots | 6.636 meters per second |
13.9 knots | 7.151 meters per second |
14.9 knots | 7.665 meters per second |
15.9 knots | 8.18 meters per second |
16.9 knots | 8.694 meters per second |
17.9 knots | 9.209 meters per second |
18.9 knots | 9.723 meters per second |
19.9 knots | 10.237 meters per second |
20.9 knots | 10.752 meters per second |