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 4720 knots into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 4720 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

4720 kt → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 4720 kt × 1.8519999999969 km/h

V_(km/h) = 8741.4399999855 km/h

The final result is:

4720 kt → 8741.4399999855 km/h

We conclude that 4720 knots is equivalent to 8741.4399999855 kilometers per hour:

4720 knots = 8741.4399999855 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 0.00011439762785098 × 4720 knots.

Another way is saying that 4720 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011439762785098 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

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

4720 kt ≅ 8741.44 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero times four thousand seven hundred twenty 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