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 2955 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 2955 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

2955 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 2955 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 4987.4781277297 ft/s

The final result is:

2955 kt → 4987.4781277297 ft/s

We conclude that 2955 knots is equivalent to 4987.4781277297 feet per second:

2955 knots = 4987.4781277297 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 0.00020050213241841 × 2955 knots.

Another way is saying that 2955 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00020050213241841 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 fifty-five knots is approximately four thousand nine hundred eighty-seven point four seven eight feet per second:

2955 kt ≅ 4987.478 ft/s

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