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 2488 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 2488 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

2488 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 2488 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 4199.2709244641 ft/s

The final result is:

2488 kt → 4199.2709244641 ft/s

We conclude that 2488 knots is equivalent to 4199.2709244641 feet per second:

2488 knots = 4199.2709244641 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 0.00023813657608377 × 2488 knots.

Another way is saying that 2488 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00023813657608377 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 eighty-eight knots is approximately four thousand one hundred ninety-nine point two seven one feet per second:

2488 kt ≅ 4199.271 ft/s

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