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 3490 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3490 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

3490 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3490 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 5890.4564012781 ft/s

The final result is:

3490 kt → 5890.4564012781 ft/s

We conclude that 3490 knots is equivalent to 5890.4564012781 feet per second:

3490 knots = 5890.4564012781 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 0.00016976613217662 × 3490 knots.

Another way is saying that 3490 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00016976613217662 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 ninety knots is approximately five thousand eight hundred ninety point four five six feet per second:

3490 kt ≅ 5890.456 ft/s

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