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 4977 knots into meters per second we have to multiply 4977 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

4977 kt → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 4977 kt × 0.514444444444 m/s

V_(m/s) = 2560.3899999978 m/s

The final result is:

4977 kt → 2560.3899999978 m/s

We conclude that 4977 knots is equivalent to 2560.3899999978 meters per second:

4977 knots = 2560.3899999978 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 0.00039056549978748 × 4977 knots.

Another way is saying that 4977 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00039056549978748 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-seven knots is approximately two thousand five hundred sixty point three nine meters per second:

4977 kt ≅ 2560.39 m/s

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