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 2721 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 2721 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

2721 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 2721 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 4592.5306211684 ft/s

The final result is:

2721 kt → 4592.5306211684 ft/s

We conclude that 2721 knots is equivalent to 4592.5306211684 feet per second:

2721 knots = 4592.5306211684 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 0.00021774487368482 × 2721 knots.

Another way is saying that 2721 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00021774487368482 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 seven hundred twenty-one knots is approximately four thousand five hundred ninety-two point five three one feet per second:

2721 kt ≅ 4592.531 ft/s

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