1 knot is 1 nautical mile per hour, but the words knot and nautical mile are not always interchangeable in sentences (that is, to say something like "he is 1 knot to the north" would not be grammatically correct. Instead you should say "he is 1 nautical mile to the north", just as it is not truly correct to say "The wind speed was 30 nautical miles per hour". In this case you should say "The wind speed was 30 knots").
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One knot is equal to approximately 1.15 miles per hour.
If you go at one knot, then you're covering one nautical mile/hour. One nautical mile is 1852 meters, or 1,852 kilometers. So if you're going at 10 knots, you're doing 18.5 km/h.
"Knot" is a unit of speed. It means "nautical mile per hour". 1 nautical mile = 1.151515 "statute" mile (regular mile)
Use this formula: km x 0.539956 = nautical miles
"kt" stands for "knots," which is a unit of speed used in navigation and maritime contexts. One knot is equivalent to one nautical mile per hour, with a nautical mile being slightly longer than a regular mile. So, when a ship's speed is measured in knots, it indicates how many nautical miles the ship can travel in one hour.