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 3397 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3397 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

3397 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3397 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 5733.4900845678 ft/s

The final result is:

3397 kt → 5733.4900845678 ft/s

We conclude that 3397 knots is equivalent to 5733.4900845678 feet per second:

3397 knots = 5733.4900845678 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 0.00017441383611905 × 3397 knots.

Another way is saying that 3397 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00017441383611905 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 ninety-seven knots is approximately five thousand seven hundred thirty-three point four nine feet per second:

3397 kt ≅ 5733.49 ft/s

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