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 224 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 224 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

224 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 224 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 378.06940799034 ft/s

The final result is:

224 kt → 378.06940799034 ft/s

We conclude that 224 knots is equivalent to 378.06940799034 feet per second:

224 knots = 378.06940799034 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 0.0026450169700733 × 224 knots.

Another way is saying that 224 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0026450169700733 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred twenty-four knots is approximately three hundred seventy-eight point zero six nine feet per second:

224 kt ≅ 378.069 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero point zero zero three times two hundred twenty-four 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