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 2516 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 2516 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

2516 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 2516 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 4246.5296004629 ft/s

The final result is:

2516 kt → 4246.5296004629 ft/s

We conclude that 2516 knots is equivalent to 4246.5296004629 feet per second:

2516 knots = 4246.5296004629 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 0.0002354864075105 × 2516 knots.

Another way is saying that 2516 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0002354864075105 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 sixteen knots is approximately four thousand two hundred forty-six point five three feet per second:

2516 kt ≅ 4246.53 ft/s

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