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 2979 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 2979 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

2979 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 2979 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 5027.9855643001 ft/s

The final result is:

2979 kt → 5027.9855643001 ft/s

We conclude that 2979 knots is equivalent to 5027.9855643001 feet per second:

2979 knots = 5027.9855643001 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 0.00019888680808876 × 2979 knots.

Another way is saying that 2979 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00019888680808876 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-nine knots is approximately five thousand twenty-seven point nine eight six feet per second:

2979 kt ≅ 5027.986 ft/s

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