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 1579 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 1579 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

1579 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 1579 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 2665.0517643605 ft/s

The final result is:

1579 kt → 2665.0517643605 ft/s

We conclude that 1579 knots is equivalent to 2665.0517643605 feet per second:

1579 knots = 2665.0517643605 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 0.00037522723324662 × 1579 knots.

Another way is saying that 1579 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00037522723324662 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 five hundred seventy-nine knots is approximately two thousand six hundred sixty-five point zero five two feet per second:

1579 kt ≅ 2665.052 ft/s

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