Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:

1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt

To convert 2172 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 2172 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt

2172 ft/s → V_(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V_(kt) = 2172 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 1286.8748164158 kt

The final result is:

2172 ft/s → 1286.8748164158 kt

We conclude that 2172 feet per second is equivalent to 1286.8748164158 knots:

2172 feet per second = 1286.8748164158 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00077707636146397 × 2172 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 2172 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00077707636146397 knots.

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-two feet per second is approximately one thousand two hundred eighty-six point eight seven five knots:

2172 ft/s ≅ 1286.875 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero one times two thousand one hundred seventy-two feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to knots chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to knots