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 3389 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3389 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

3389 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3389 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 5719.987605711 ft/s

The final result is:

3389 kt → 5719.987605711 ft/s

We conclude that 3389 knots is equivalent to 5719.987605711 feet per second:

3389 knots = 5719.987605711 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 0.00017482555364308 × 3389 knots.

Another way is saying that 3389 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00017482555364308 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 three hundred eighty-nine knots is approximately five thousand seven hundred nineteen point nine eight eight feet per second:

3389 kt ≅ 5719.988 ft/s

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