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 4988 knots into meters per second we have to multiply 4988 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

4988 kt → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 4988 kt × 0.514444444444 m/s

V_(m/s) = 2566.0488888867 m/s

The final result is:

4988 kt → 2566.0488888867 m/s

We conclude that 4988 knots is equivalent to 2566.0488888867 meters per second:

4988 knots = 2566.0488888867 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 0.00038970418854096 × 4988 knots.

Another way is saying that 4988 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00038970418854096 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-eight knots is approximately two thousand five hundred sixty-six point zero four nine meters per second:

4988 kt ≅ 2566.049 m/s

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