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 1873 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 1873 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

1873 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 1873 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 3161.2678623478 ft/s

The final result is:

1873 kt → 3161.2678623478 ft/s

We conclude that 1873 knots is equivalent to 3161.2678623478 feet per second:

1873 knots = 3161.2678623478 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 0.00031632877805468 × 1873 knots.

Another way is saying that 1873 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00031632877805468 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 eight hundred seventy-three knots is approximately three thousand one hundred sixty-one point two six eight feet per second:

1873 kt ≅ 3161.268 ft/s

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