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 10.2 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 10.2 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

10.2 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 10.2 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 17.215660542417 ft/s

The final result is:

10.2 kt → 17.215660542417 ft/s

We conclude that 10.2 knots is equivalent to 17.215660542417 feet per second:

10.2 knots = 17.215660542417 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 0.058086647185922 × 10.2 knots.

Another way is saying that 10.2 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.058086647185922 feet per second.

Approximate result

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

10.2 kt ≅ 17.216 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero point zero five eight times ten point two knots.

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