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 3145 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3145 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

3145 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3145 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 5308.1620005787 ft/s

The final result is:

3145 kt → 5308.1620005787 ft/s

We conclude that 3145 knots is equivalent to 5308.1620005787 feet per second:

3145 knots = 5308.1620005787 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 0.0001883891260084 × 3145 knots.

Another way is saying that 3145 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001883891260084 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 one hundred forty-five knots is approximately five thousand three hundred eight point one six two feet per second:

3145 kt ≅ 5308.162 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times three thousand one hundred forty-five 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