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 2140 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 2140 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

2140 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 2140 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 3611.9130941934 ft/s

The final result is:

2140 kt → 3611.9130941934 ft/s

We conclude that 2140 knots is equivalent to 3611.9130941934 feet per second:

2140 knots = 3611.9130941934 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 0.00027686158939084 × 2140 knots.

Another way is saying that 2140 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00027686158939084 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two thousand one hundred forty knots is approximately three thousand six hundred eleven point nine one three feet per second:

2140 kt ≅ 3611.913 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times two thousand one hundred forty 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