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 2171 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 2171 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

2171 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 2171 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 3664.2351997635 ft/s

The final result is:

2171 kt → 3664.2351997635 ft/s

We conclude that 2171 knots is equivalent to 3664.2351997635 feet per second:

2171 knots = 3664.2351997635 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 0.00027290824564551 × 2171 knots.

Another way is saying that 2171 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00027290824564551 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 seventy-one knots is approximately three thousand six hundred sixty-four point two three five feet per second:

2171 kt ≅ 3664.235 ft/s

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