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 1720 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 1720 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

1720 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 1720 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 2903.0329542115 ft/s

The final result is:

1720 kt → 2903.0329542115 ft/s

We conclude that 1720 knots is equivalent to 2903.0329542115 feet per second:

1720 knots = 2903.0329542115 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 0.00034446732633512 × 1720 knots.

Another way is saying that 1720 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00034446732633512 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 seven hundred twenty knots is approximately two thousand nine hundred three point zero three three feet per second:

1720 kt ≅ 2903.033 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times one thousand seven hundred twenty 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