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 2180 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 2180 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

2180 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 2180 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 1291.6146868262 kt

The final result is:

2180 ft/s → 1291.6146868262 kt

We conclude that 2180 feet per second is equivalent to 1291.6146868262 knots:

2180 feet per second = 1291.6146868262 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00077422470509162 × 2180 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 2180 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00077422470509162 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 eighty feet per second is approximately one thousand two hundred ninety-one point six one five knots:

2180 ft/s ≅ 1291.615 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero one times two thousand one hundred eighty 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