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 3600 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3600 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

3600 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3600 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 6076.1154855591 ft/s

The final result is:

3600 kt → 6076.1154855591 ft/s

We conclude that 3600 knots is equivalent to 6076.1154855591 feet per second:

3600 knots = 6076.1154855591 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 0.00016457883369345 × 3600 knots.

Another way is saying that 3600 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00016457883369345 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 six hundred knots is approximately six thousand seventy-six point one one five feet per second:

3600 kt ≅ 6076.115 ft/s

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