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 4980 knots into meters per second we have to multiply 4980 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

4980 kt → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 4980 kt × 0.514444444444 m/s

V_(m/s) = 2561.9333333311 m/s

The final result is:

4980 kt → 2561.9333333311 m/s

We conclude that 4980 knots is equivalent to 2561.9333333311 meters per second:

4980 knots = 2561.9333333311 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 0.00039033021936592 × 4980 knots.

Another way is saying that 4980 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00039033021936592 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 eighty knots is approximately two thousand five hundred sixty-one point nine three three meters per second:

4980 kt ≅ 2561.933 m/s

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