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 3870 knots into meters per second we have to multiply 3870 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

3870 kt → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 3870 kt × 0.514444444444 m/s

V_(m/s) = 1990.8999999983 m/s

The final result is:

3870 kt → 1990.8999999983 m/s

We conclude that 3870 knots is equivalent to 1990.8999999983 meters per second:

3870 knots = 1990.8999999983 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 0.0005022853985639 × 3870 knots.

Another way is saying that 3870 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0005022853985639 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three thousand eight hundred seventy knots is approximately one thousand nine hundred ninety point nine meters per second:

3870 kt ≅ 1990.9 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times three thousand eight hundred seventy 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