Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:

1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt

To convert 2870 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 2870 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt

2870 ft/s → V_(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V_(kt) = 2870 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 1700.4285097207 kt

The final result is:

2870 ft/s → 1700.4285097207 kt

We conclude that 2870 feet per second is equivalent to 1700.4285097207 knots:

2870 feet per second = 1700.4285097207 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0005880870582229 × 2870 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 2870 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0005880870582229 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two thousand eight hundred seventy feet per second is approximately one thousand seven hundred point four two nine knots:

2870 ft/s ≅ 1700.429 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero one times two thousand eight hundred seventy feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to knots chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to knots