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 3089 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 3089 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

3089 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 3089 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 1830.1824622046 kt

The final result is:

3089 ft/s → 1830.1824622046 kt

We conclude that 3089 feet per second is equivalent to 1830.1824622046 knots:

3089 feet per second = 1830.1824622046 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00054639360864349 × 3089 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 3089 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00054639360864349 knots.

Approximate result

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

3089 ft/s ≅ 1830.182 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero one times three thousand eighty-nine 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