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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from knots to kilometers per hour is 1.8519999999969, which means that 1 knot is equal to 1.8519999999969 kilometers per hour:

1 kt = 1.8519999999969 km/h

To convert 4.7 knots into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 4.7 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from knots to kilometers per hour. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 kt → 1.8519999999969 km/h

4.7 kt → V(km/h)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in kilometers per hour:

V(km/h) = 4.7 kt × 1.8519999999969 km/h

V(km/h) = 8.7043999999855 km/h

The final result is:

4.7 kt → 8.7043999999855 km/h

We conclude that 4.7 knots is equivalent to 8.7043999999855 kilometers per hour:

4.7 knots = 8.7043999999855 kilometers per hour

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.11488442626737 × 4.7 knots.

Another way is saying that 4.7 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.11488442626737 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four point seven knots is approximately eight point seven zero four kilometers per hour:

4.7 kt ≅ 8.704 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero point one one five times four point seven knots.

Conversion table

knots to kilometers per hour chart

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

knots (kt) kilometers per hour (km/h)
5.7 knots 10.556 kilometers per hour
6.7 knots 12.408 kilometers per hour
7.7 knots 14.26 kilometers per hour
8.7 knots 16.112 kilometers per hour
9.7 knots 17.964 kilometers per hour
10.7 knots 19.816 kilometers per hour
11.7 knots 21.668 kilometers per hour
12.7 knots 23.52 kilometers per hour
13.7 knots 25.372 kilometers per hour
14.7 knots 27.224 kilometers per hour