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 2947 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 2947 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

2947 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 2947 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 4973.9756488729 ft/s

The final result is:

2947 kt → 4973.9756488729 ft/s

We conclude that 2947 knots is equivalent to 4973.9756488729 feet per second:

2947 knots = 4973.9756488729 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 0.00020104642052813 × 2947 knots.

Another way is saying that 2947 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00020104642052813 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 nine hundred forty-seven knots is approximately four thousand nine hundred seventy-three point nine seven six feet per second:

2947 kt ≅ 4973.976 ft/s

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