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 2972 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 2972 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

2972 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 2972 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 5016.1708953004 ft/s

The final result is:

2972 kt → 5016.1708953004 ft/s

We conclude that 2972 knots is equivalent to 5016.1708953004 feet per second:

2972 knots = 5016.1708953004 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 0.00019935524942679 × 2972 knots.

Another way is saying that 2972 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00019935524942679 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 seventy-two knots is approximately five thousand sixteen point one seven one feet per second:

2972 kt ≅ 5016.171 ft/s

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