nversion-website.Knot conversions
The knot conversion selector above selects the speed/velocity measurement unit to convert to starting from knots (kn). To make a conversion starting from a unit of speed other than knot, simply click on the "Reset" button.
About knot
The knot is a non-SI unit of speed equal to one international nautical mile per hour or approximately 0.514444 meters per second (1 kn = 0.514444 m/s), the derived unit of speed in the International System of Units (SI).
One knot (kn) is also equal to about 1.852 kilometers per hour (km/h), or 1.150779 miles per hour (mph) or 1.68781 feet per second (ft/s).
The knot is used worldwide in nautical and air navigation and in meteorology.
Symbol: kn
Plural: knots
Knot conversions: a compehensive list with conversions from knots to other (metric, imperial, or customary) speed and velocity measurement units is given below.
- knot to centimeter per second (kn to cm/s)
- knot to foot per hour (kn to ft/h)
- knot to foot per minute (kn to ft/min)
- knot to foot per second (kn to ft/s)
- knot to inch per hour (kn to in/h)
- knot to inch per minute (kn to in/min)
- knot to inch per second (kn to in/s)
- knot to kilometer per hour (kn to km/h)
- knot to kilometer per minute (kn to km/min)
- knot to kilometer per second (kn to km/s)
- knot to meter per hour (kn to m/h)
- knot to meter per minute (kn to m/min)
- knot to meter per second (kn to m/s)
- knot to micrometer per second (kn to μm/s)
- knot to mile per hour (kn to mph)
- knot to mile per minute (kn to mpm)
- knot to mile per second (kn to mps)
- knot to millimeter per second (kn to mm/s)
- knot to nautical mile per day (kn to nmi/d)
- knot to nautical mile per hour (kn to nmi/h)
- knot to speed of light (kn to c)
- knot to speed of sound
- knot to walking speed