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 3172 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 3172 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

3172 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 3172 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 1879.3586177122 kt

The final result is:

3172 ft/s → 1879.3586177122 kt

We conclude that 3172 feet per second is equivalent to 1879.3586177122 knots:

3172 feet per second = 1879.3586177122 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00053209642405414 × 3172 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 3172 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00053209642405414 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 seventy-two feet per second is approximately one thousand eight hundred seventy-nine point three five nine knots:

3172 ft/s ≅ 1879.359 kt

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