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 2472 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 2472 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

2472 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 2472 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 4172.2659667506 ft/s

The final result is:

2472 kt → 4172.2659667506 ft/s

We conclude that 2472 knots is equivalent to 4172.2659667506 feet per second:

2472 knots = 4172.2659667506 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 0.0002396779131458 × 2472 knots.

Another way is saying that 2472 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0002396779131458 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 four hundred seventy-two knots is approximately four thousand one hundred seventy-two point two six six feet per second:

2472 kt ≅ 4172.266 ft/s

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