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 3457 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3457 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

3457 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3457 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 5834.7586759938 ft/s

The final result is:

3457 kt → 5834.7586759938 ft/s

We conclude that 3457 knots is equivalent to 5834.7586759938 feet per second:

3457 knots = 5834.7586759938 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 0.00017138669404004 × 3457 knots.

Another way is saying that 3457 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00017138669404004 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 fifty-seven knots is approximately five thousand eight hundred thirty-four point seven five nine feet per second:

3457 kt ≅ 5834.759 ft/s

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