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 3180 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 3180 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

3180 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 3180 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 1884.0984881226 kt

The final result is:

3180 ft/s → 1884.0984881226 kt

We conclude that 3180 feet per second is equivalent to 1884.0984881226 knots:

3180 feet per second = 1884.0984881226 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00053075781669803 × 3180 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 3180 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00053075781669803 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 eighty feet per second is approximately one thousand eight hundred eighty-four point zero nine eight knots:

3180 ft/s ≅ 1884.098 kt

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