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 3157 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3157 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

3157 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3157 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 5328.4157188639 ft/s

The final result is:

3157 kt → 5328.4157188639 ft/s

We conclude that 3157 knots is equivalent to 5328.4157188639 feet per second:

3157 knots = 5328.4157188639 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 0.00018767304443979 × 3157 knots.

Another way is saying that 3157 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00018767304443979 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 fifty-seven knots is approximately five thousand three hundred twenty-eight point four one six feet per second:

3157 kt ≅ 5328.416 ft/s

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