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 1288 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 1288 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

1288 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 1288 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 2173.8990959445 ft/s

The final result is:

1288 kt → 2173.8990959445 ft/s

We conclude that 1288 knots is equivalent to 2173.8990959445 feet per second:

1288 knots = 2173.8990959445 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 0.00046000295131709 × 1288 knots.

Another way is saying that 1288 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00046000295131709 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-eight knots is approximately two thousand one hundred seventy-three point eight nine nine feet per second:

1288 kt ≅ 2173.899 ft/s

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