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 1879 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 1879 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

1879 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 1879 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 3171.3947214904 ft/s

The final result is:

1879 kt → 3171.3947214904 ft/s

We conclude that 1879 knots is equivalent to 3171.3947214904 feet per second:

1879 knots = 3171.3947214904 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 0.00031531868083896 × 1879 knots.

Another way is saying that 1879 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00031531868083896 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-nine knots is approximately three thousand one hundred seventy-one point three nine five feet per second:

1879 kt ≅ 3171.395 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times one thousand eight 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