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 1280 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 1280 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

1280 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 1280 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 2160.3966170877 ft/s

The final result is:

1280 kt → 2160.3966170877 ft/s

We conclude that 1280 knots is equivalent to 2160.3966170877 feet per second:

1280 knots = 2160.3966170877 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 0.00046287796976282 × 1280 knots.

Another way is saying that 1280 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00046287796976282 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one thousand two hundred eighty knots is approximately two thousand one hundred sixty point three nine seven feet per second:

1280 kt ≅ 2160.397 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times one thousand two hundred eighty 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