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 2218 knots into meters per second we have to multiply 2218 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

2218 kt → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 2218 kt × 0.514444444444 m/s

V_(m/s) = 1141.0377777768 m/s

The final result is:

2218 kt → 1141.0377777768 m/s

We conclude that 2218 knots is equivalent to 1141.0377777768 meters per second:

2218 knots = 1141.0377777768 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 0.00087639517242664 × 2218 knots.

Another way is saying that 2218 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00087639517242664 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 two hundred eighteen knots is approximately one thousand one hundred forty-one point zero three eight meters per second:

2218 kt ≅ 1141.038 m/s

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