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 3779 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3779 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

3779 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3779 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 6378.2334499799 ft/s

The final result is:

3779 kt → 6378.2334499799 ft/s

We conclude that 3779 knots is equivalent to 6378.2334499799 feet per second:

3779 knots = 6378.2334499799 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 0.00015678322341794 × 3779 knots.

Another way is saying that 3779 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00015678322341794 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 seven hundred seventy-nine knots is approximately six thousand three hundred seventy-eight point two three three feet per second:

3779 kt ≅ 6378.233 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times three thousand seven hundred seventy-nine 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