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 2999 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 2999 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

2999 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 2999 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 5061.7417614421 ft/s

The final result is:

2999 kt → 5061.7417614421 ft/s

We conclude that 2999 knots is equivalent to 5061.7417614421 feet per second:

2999 knots = 5061.7417614421 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 0.00019756045391678 × 2999 knots.

Another way is saying that 2999 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00019756045391678 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 ninety-nine knots is approximately five thousand sixty-one point seven four two feet per second:

2999 kt ≅ 5061.742 ft/s

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