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 492 kilometers per hour into knots we have to multiply 492 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

492 km/h → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 492 km/h × 0.53995680345662 kt

V_(kt) = 265.65874730066 kt

The final result is:

492 km/h → 265.65874730066 kt

We conclude that 492 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 265.65874730066 knots:

492 kilometers per hour = 265.65874730066 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0037642276422702 × 492 kilometers per hour.

Another way is saying that 492 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0037642276422702 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four hundred ninety-two kilometers per hour is approximately two hundred sixty-five point six five nine knots:

492 km/h ≅ 265.659 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero four times four hundred ninety-two 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