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 2501 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 2501 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

2501 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 2501 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 4221.2124526064 ft/s

The final result is:

2501 kt → 4221.2124526064 ft/s

We conclude that 2501 knots is equivalent to 4221.2124526064 feet per second:

2501 knots = 4221.2124526064 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 0.00023689876101416 × 2501 knots.

Another way is saying that 2501 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00023689876101416 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 five hundred one knots is approximately four thousand two hundred twenty-one point two one two feet per second:

2501 kt ≅ 4221.212 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times two thousand five hundred 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