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 3040 kilometers per hour into knots we have to multiply 3040 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

3040 km/h → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 3040 km/h × 0.53995680345662 kt

V_(kt) = 1641.4686825081 kt

The final result is:

3040 km/h → 1641.4686825081 kt

We conclude that 3040 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 1641.4686825081 knots:

3040 kilometers per hour = 1641.4686825081 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00060921052631478 × 3040 kilometers per hour.

Another way is saying that 3040 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00060921052631478 knots.

Approximate result

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

3040 km/h ≅ 1641.469 kt

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