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 2940 kilometers per hour into knots we have to multiply 2940 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

2940 km/h → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 2940 km/h × 0.53995680345662 kt

V_(kt) = 1587.4730021625 kt

The final result is:

2940 km/h → 1587.4730021625 kt

We conclude that 2940 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 1587.4730021625 knots:

2940 kilometers per hour = 1587.4730021625 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00062993197278807 × 2940 kilometers per hour.

Another way is saying that 2940 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00062993197278807 knots.

Approximate result

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

2940 km/h ≅ 1587.473 kt

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