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 3172 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3172 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

3172 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3172 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 5353.7328667204 ft/s

The final result is:

3172 kt → 5353.7328667204 ft/s

We conclude that 3172 knots is equivalent to 5353.7328667204 feet per second:

3172 knots = 5353.7328667204 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 0.00018678556156886 × 3172 knots.

Another way is saying that 3172 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00018678556156886 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 seventy-two knots is approximately five thousand three hundred fifty-three point seven three three feet per second:

3172 kt ≅ 5353.733 ft/s

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