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 1285 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 1285 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

1285 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 1285 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 2168.8356663732 ft/s

The final result is:

1285 kt → 2168.8356663732 ft/s

We conclude that 1285 knots is equivalent to 2168.8356663732 feet per second:

1285 knots = 2168.8356663732 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 0.00046107688816841 × 1285 knots.

Another way is saying that 1285 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00046107688816841 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-five knots is approximately two thousand one hundred sixty-eight point eight three six feet per second:

1285 kt ≅ 2168.836 ft/s

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