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 3299 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3299 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

3299 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3299 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 5568.084718572 ft/s

The final result is:

3299 kt → 5568.084718572 ft/s

We conclude that 3299 knots is equivalent to 5568.084718572 feet per second:

3299 knots = 5568.084718572 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 0.00017959496856514 × 3299 knots.

Another way is saying that 3299 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00017959496856514 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-nine knots is approximately five thousand five hundred sixty-eight point zero eight five feet per second:

3299 kt ≅ 5568.085 ft/s

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