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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from knots to feet per second is 1.6878098570997, which means that 1 knot is equal to 1.6878098570997 feet per second:

1 kt = 1.6878098570997 ft/s

To convert 1 knot into feet per second we have to multiply 1 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from knots to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 kt → 1.6878098570997 ft/s

1 kt → V(ft/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:

V(ft/s) = 1 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V(ft/s) = 1.6878098570997 ft/s

The final result is:

1 kt → 1.6878098570997 ft/s

We conclude that 1 knot is equivalent to 1.6878098570997 feet per second:

1 knot = 1.6878098570997 feet per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 × 1 knot.

Another way is saying that 1 knot is equal to 1 ÷ 0.59248380129641 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one knot is approximately one point six eight eight feet per second:

1 kt ≅ 1.688 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero point five nine two times one knot.

Conversion table

knots to feet per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from knots to feet per second

knots (kt) feet per second (ft/s)
2 knots 3.376 feet per second
3 knots 5.063 feet per second
4 knots 6.751 feet per second
5 knots 8.439 feet per second
6 knots 10.127 feet per second
7 knots 11.815 feet per second
8 knots 13.502 feet per second
9 knots 15.19 feet per second
10 knots 16.878 feet per second
11 knots 18.566 feet per second