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 2542 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 2542 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

2542 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 2542 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 4290.4126567475 ft/s

The final result is:

2542 kt → 4290.4126567475 ft/s

We conclude that 2542 knots is equivalent to 4290.4126567475 feet per second:

2542 knots = 4290.4126567475 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 0.00023307781325586 × 2542 knots.

Another way is saying that 2542 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00023307781325586 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 forty-two knots is approximately four thousand two hundred ninety point four one three feet per second:

2542 kt ≅ 4290.413 ft/s

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