Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:

1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt

To convert 3047 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 3047 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt

3047 ft/s → V_(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V_(kt) = 3047 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 1805.2981425502 kt

The final result is:

3047 ft/s → 1805.2981425502 kt

We conclude that 3047 feet per second is equivalent to 1805.2981425502 knots:

3047 feet per second = 1805.2981425502 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00055392512540195 × 3047 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 3047 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00055392512540195 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three thousand forty-seven feet per second is approximately one thousand eight hundred five point two nine eight knots:

3047 ft/s ≅ 1805.298 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero one times three thousand forty-seven feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to knots chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to knots