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 3159 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 3159 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

3159 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 3159 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 1871.6563282954 kt

The final result is:

3159 ft/s → 1871.6563282954 kt

We conclude that 3159 feet per second is equivalent to 1871.6563282954 knots:

3159 feet per second = 1871.6563282954 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00053428612127247 × 3159 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 3159 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00053428612127247 knots.

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-nine feet per second is approximately one thousand eight hundred seventy-one point six five six knots:

3159 ft/s ≅ 1871.656 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero one times three thousand one hundred fifty-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