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 2016 knots into meters per second we have to multiply 2016 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

2016 kt → V_(m/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:

V_(m/s) = 2016 kt × 0.514444444444 m/s

V_(m/s) = 1037.1199999991 m/s

The final result is:

2016 kt → 1037.1199999991 m/s

We conclude that 2016 knots is equivalent to 1037.1199999991 meters per second:

2016 knots = 1037.1199999991 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 0.00096420857760034 × 2016 knots.

Another way is saying that 2016 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00096420857760034 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two thousand sixteen knots is approximately one thousand thirty-seven point one two meters per second:

2016 kt ≅ 1037.12 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times two thousand sixteen 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