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 1737 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 1737 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

1737 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 1737 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 2931.7257217822 ft/s

The final result is:

1737 kt → 2931.7257217822 ft/s

We conclude that 1737 knots is equivalent to 2931.7257217822 feet per second:

1737 knots = 2931.7257217822 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 0.0003410960283802 × 1737 knots.

Another way is saying that 1737 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0003410960283802 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 thirty-seven knots is approximately two thousand nine hundred thirty-one point seven two six feet per second:

1737 kt ≅ 2931.726 ft/s

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