3 miles per hour in knots

How many knots in 3 miles per hour?

3 miles per hour equals 2.607 knots

Unit Converter

Conversion formula

The conversion factor from miles per hour to knots is 0.8689762419014, which means that 1 mile per hour is equal to 0.8689762419014 knots:

1 mph = 0.8689762419014 kt

To convert 3 miles per hour into knots we have to multiply 3 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from miles per hour to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mph → 0.8689762419014 kt

3 mph → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 3 mph × 0.8689762419014 kt

V(kt) = 2.6069287257042 kt

The final result is:

3 mph → 2.6069287257042 kt

We conclude that 3 miles per hour is equivalent to 2.6069287257042 knots:

3 miles per hour = 2.6069287257042 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.38359314934085 × 3 miles per hour.

Another way is saying that 3 miles per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.38359314934085 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three miles per hour is approximately two point six zero seven knots:

3 mph ≅ 2.607 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point three eight four times three miles per hour.

Conversion table

miles per hour to knots chart

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

miles per hour (mph) knots (kt)
4 miles per hour 3.476 knots
5 miles per hour 4.345 knots
6 miles per hour 5.214 knots
7 miles per hour 6.083 knots
8 miles per hour 6.952 knots
9 miles per hour 7.821 knots
10 miles per hour 8.69 knots
11 miles per hour 9.559 knots
12 miles per hour 10.428 knots
13 miles per hour 11.297 knots