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 2491 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 2491 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

2491 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 2491 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 4204.3343540354 ft/s

The final result is:

2491 kt → 4204.3343540354 ft/s

We conclude that 2491 knots is equivalent to 4204.3343540354 feet per second:

2491 knots = 4204.3343540354 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 0.00023784977972558 × 2491 knots.

Another way is saying that 2491 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00023784977972558 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 ninety-one knots is approximately four thousand two hundred four point three three four feet per second:

2491 kt ≅ 4204.334 ft/s

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