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 2871 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 2871 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

2871 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 2871 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 1701.020993522 kt

The final result is:

2871 ft/s → 1701.020993522 kt

We conclude that 2871 feet per second is equivalent to 1701.020993522 knots:

2871 feet per second = 1701.020993522 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00058788222121203 × 2871 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 2871 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00058788222121203 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-one feet per second is approximately one thousand seven hundred one point zero two one knots:

2871 ft/s ≅ 1701.021 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero one times two thousand eight hundred seventy-one 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