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 1997 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 1997 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

1997 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 1997 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 3370.5562846282 ft/s

The final result is:

1997 kt → 3370.5562846282 ft/s

We conclude that 1997 knots is equivalent to 3370.5562846282 feet per second:

1997 knots = 3370.5562846282 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 0.00029668693104477 × 1997 knots.

Another way is saying that 1997 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00029668693104477 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 nine hundred ninety-seven knots is approximately three thousand three hundred seventy point five five six feet per second:

1997 kt ≅ 3370.556 ft/s

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