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 5048 kilometers per hour into knots we have to multiply 5048 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

5048 km/h → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 5048 km/h × 0.53995680345662 kt

V_(kt) = 2725.701943849 kt

The final result is:

5048 km/h → 2725.701943849 kt

We conclude that 5048 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 2725.701943849 knots:

5048 kilometers per hour = 2725.701943849 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00036687797147324 × 5048 kilometers per hour.

Another way is saying that 5048 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00036687797147324 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five thousand forty-eight kilometers per hour is approximately two thousand seven hundred twenty-five point seven zero two knots:

5048 km/h ≅ 2725.702 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times five thousand forty-eight 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