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 274 knots into meters per second we have to multiply 274 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

274 kt → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 274 kt × 0.514444444444 m/s

V_(m/s) = 140.95777777766 m/s

The final result is:

274 kt → 140.95777777766 m/s

We conclude that 274 knots is equivalent to 140.95777777766 meters per second:

274 knots = 140.95777777766 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 0.0070943229651178 × 274 knots.

Another way is saying that 274 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0070943229651178 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 seventy-four knots is approximately one hundred forty point nine five eight meters per second:

274 kt ≅ 140.958 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero seven times two hundred seventy-four 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