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 3501 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3501 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

3501 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3501 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 5909.0223097062 ft/s

The final result is:

3501 kt → 5909.0223097062 ft/s

We conclude that 3501 knots is equivalent to 5909.0223097062 feet per second:

3501 knots = 5909.0223097062 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 0.00016923273387501 × 3501 knots.

Another way is saying that 3501 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00016923273387501 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 five hundred one knots is approximately five thousand nine hundred nine point zero two two feet per second:

3501 kt ≅ 5909.022 ft/s

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