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 3078 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3078 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

3078 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3078 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 5195.078740153 ft/s

The final result is:

3078 kt → 5195.078740153 ft/s

We conclude that 3078 knots is equivalent to 5195.078740153 feet per second:

3078 knots = 5195.078740153 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 0.00019248986396894 × 3078 knots.

Another way is saying that 3078 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00019248986396894 feet per second.

Approximate result

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

3078 kt ≅ 5195.079 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times three thousand seventy-eight 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