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 2797 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 2797 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

2797 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 2797 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 4720.804170308 ft/s

The final result is:

2797 kt → 4720.804170308 ft/s

We conclude that 2797 knots is equivalent to 4720.804170308 feet per second:

2797 knots = 4720.804170308 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 0.00021182831651641 × 2797 knots.

Another way is saying that 2797 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00021182831651641 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 ninety-seven knots is approximately four thousand seven hundred twenty point eight zero four feet per second:

2797 kt ≅ 4720.804 ft/s

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