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 4271 knots into meters per second we have to multiply 4271 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

4271 kt → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 4271 kt × 0.514444444444 m/s

V_(m/s) = 2197.1922222203 m/s

The final result is:

4271 kt → 2197.1922222203 m/s

We conclude that 4271 knots is equivalent to 2197.1922222203 meters per second:

4271 knots = 2197.1922222203 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 0.00045512631525223 × 4271 knots.

Another way is saying that 4271 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00045512631525223 meters per second.

Approximate result

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

4271 kt ≅ 2197.192 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero times four thousand two hundred seventy-one 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