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 2740 kilometers per hour into knots we have to multiply 2740 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

2740 km/h → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 2740 km/h × 0.53995680345662 kt

V_(kt) = 1479.4816414711 kt

The final result is:

2740 km/h → 1479.4816414711 kt

We conclude that 2740 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 1479.4816414711 knots:

2740 kilometers per hour = 1479.4816414711 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.000675912408758 × 2740 kilometers per hour.

Another way is saying that 2740 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.000675912408758 knots.

Approximate result

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

2740 km/h ≅ 1479.482 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero one times two thousand seven 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