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 3297 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3297 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

3297 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3297 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 5564.7090988578 ft/s

The final result is:

3297 kt → 5564.7090988578 ft/s

We conclude that 3297 knots is equivalent to 5564.7090988578 feet per second:

3297 knots = 5564.7090988578 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 0.00017970391304107 × 3297 knots.

Another way is saying that 3297 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00017970391304107 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 two hundred ninety-seven knots is approximately five thousand five hundred sixty-four point seven zero nine feet per second:

3297 kt ≅ 5564.709 ft/s

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