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 4970 knots into meters per second we have to multiply 4970 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

4970 kt → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 4970 kt × 0.514444444444 m/s

V_(m/s) = 2556.7888888867 m/s

The final result is:

4970 kt → 2556.7888888867 m/s

We conclude that 4970 knots is equivalent to 2556.7888888867 meters per second:

4970 knots = 2556.7888888867 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 0.0003911155920407 × 4970 knots.

Another way is saying that 4970 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0003911155920407 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 nine hundred seventy knots is approximately two thousand five hundred fifty-six point seven eight nine meters per second:

4970 kt ≅ 2556.789 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero times four thousand nine 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