kts

See also: KTS and kts.

English

Noun

kts

1. plural of kt: knots
   • 1975, Combat Crew:

     Altitude is lost while thrust is acting to accelerate the plane from the 70 kts A/S back to 100 kts and plane drops below G/S.

   • 2007, Peter D. Condon, Flying the Classic Learjet:

     The speed should remain close to 160 kts. Never let it get below 150 kts here.

   • 2017, Federal Aviation Administration, ORDER JO 7110.110B Dependent Converging Instrument Approaches (DCIA) with Converging Runway Display Aid (CRDA)‎^[1]:

     Suppose, for KBOS, aircraft with 90 kts or less final approach speed include all single engine general aviation aircraft and aircraft with 160 kts or greater final approach speed include all military fighter type aircraft.

Anagrams

• Skt., tks, tsk

Finnish

Interjection

kts

1. (Internet slang) Abbreviation of kiitos (“thanks”).