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 2852 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 2852 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

2852 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 2852 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 4813.6337124485 ft/s

The final result is:

2852 kt → 4813.6337124485 ft/s

We conclude that 2852 knots is equivalent to 4813.6337124485 feet per second:

2852 knots = 4813.6337124485 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 0.00020774326833675 × 2852 knots.

Another way is saying that 2852 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00020774326833675 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 eight hundred fifty-two knots is approximately four thousand eight hundred thirteen point six three four feet per second:

2852 kt ≅ 4813.634 ft/s

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