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 3072 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 3072 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

3072 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 3072 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 1820.1102375826 kt

The final result is:

3072 ft/s → 1820.1102375826 kt

We conclude that 3072 feet per second is equivalent to 1820.1102375826 knots:

3072 feet per second = 1820.1102375826 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00054941727119132 × 3072 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 3072 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00054941727119132 knots.

Approximate result

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

3072 ft/s ≅ 1820.11 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero one times three thousand seventy-two 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