Knot to Meter per second

1 kn = 0.51444444 m/s

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Precision & format

Significant figures

Notation

1 kn equals

0.5144444444m/s

All 10 units

Kilometer per hourkm/h
1.852
Mile per hourmph
1.150779448
Meter per secondm/s
0.5144444444
Foot per secondft/s
1.687809857
Knotkn
1
Centimeter per secondcm/s
51.44444444
Meter per minutem/min
30.86666667
Inch per minutein/min
1,215.223097
MachMa
sea level, ISA 15 °C
0.001511782434
Speed of lightc
in vacuum
1.716001956 × 10⁻⁹

Knot to Meter per second table

Common Knot values converted to Meter per second
Knot (kn)	Meter per second (m/s)
1	0.51444444
2	1.0288889
5	2.5722222
10	5.1444444
20	10.288889
50	25.722222
100	51.444444
250	128.61111
500	257.22222
1,000	514.44444

How the conversion works

Multiply the knot figure by 0.5144444444 to get meter per second. Every factor on this site is anchored to the SI base unit for speed, so the same number is used everywhere it appears.

Going the other way, 1 m/s = 1.9438445 kn — see meter per second to knot.

See all 10 speed units →