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 3159 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3159 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

3159 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3159 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 5331.7913385781 ft/s

The final result is:

3159 kt → 5331.7913385781 ft/s

We conclude that 3159 knots is equivalent to 5331.7913385781 feet per second:

3159 knots = 5331.7913385781 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 0.00018755422643128 × 3159 knots.

Another way is saying that 3159 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00018755422643128 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-nine knots is approximately five thousand three hundred thirty-one point seven nine one feet per second:

3159 kt ≅ 5331.791 ft/s

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