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 3434 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3434 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

3434 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3434 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 5795.9390492805 ft/s

The final result is:

3434 kt → 5795.9390492805 ft/s

We conclude that 3434 knots is equivalent to 5795.9390492805 feet per second:

3434 knots = 5795.9390492805 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 0.00017253459560175 × 3434 knots.

Another way is saying that 3434 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00017253459560175 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 four hundred thirty-four knots is approximately five thousand seven hundred ninety-five point nine three nine feet per second:

3434 kt ≅ 5795.939 ft/s

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