Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers per hour to knots is 0.53995680345662, which means that 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.53995680345662 knots:

1 km/h = 0.53995680345662 kt

To convert 2640 kilometers per hour into knots we have to multiply 2640 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from kilometers per hour to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km/h → 0.53995680345662 kt

2640 km/h → V_(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V_(kt) = 2640 km/h × 0.53995680345662 kt

V_(kt) = 1425.4859611255 kt

The final result is:

2640 km/h → 1425.4859611255 kt

We conclude that 2640 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 1425.4859611255 knots:

2640 kilometers per hour = 1425.4859611255 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00070151515151398 × 2640 kilometers per hour.

Another way is saying that 2640 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00070151515151398 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two thousand six hundred forty kilometers per hour is approximately one thousand four hundred twenty-five point four eight six knots:

2640 km/h ≅ 1425.486 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero one times two thousand six hundred forty kilometers per hour.

Conversion table

kilometers per hour to knots chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers per hour to knots