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 216 knots into meters per second we have to multiply 216 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

216 kt → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 216 kt × 0.514444444444 m/s

V_(m/s) = 111.1199999999 m/s

The final result is:

216 kt → 111.1199999999 m/s

We conclude that 216 knots is equivalent to 111.1199999999 meters per second:

216 knots = 111.1199999999 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 0.0089992800576032 × 216 knots.

Another way is saying that 216 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0089992800576032 meters per second.

Approximate result

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

216 kt ≅ 111.12 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero nine times two hundred 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