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 3790 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3790 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

3790 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3790 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 6396.799358408 ft/s

The final result is:

3790 kt → 6396.799358408 ft/s

We conclude that 3790 knots is equivalent to 6396.799358408 feet per second:

3790 knots = 6396.799358408 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 0.00015632817976159 × 3790 knots.

Another way is saying that 3790 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00015632817976159 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 ninety knots is approximately six thousand three hundred ninety-six point seven nine nine feet per second:

3790 kt ≅ 6396.799 ft/s

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