Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:

1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt

To convert 3800 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 3800 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt

3800 ft/s → V_(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V_(kt) = 3800 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 2251.4384449264 kt

The final result is:

3800 ft/s → 2251.4384449264 kt

We conclude that 3800 feet per second is equivalent to 2251.4384449264 knots:

3800 feet per second = 2251.4384449264 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00044416048871046 × 3800 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 3800 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00044416048871046 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three thousand eight hundred feet per second is approximately two thousand two hundred fifty-one point four three eight knots:

3800 ft/s ≅ 2251.438 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times three thousand eight hundred feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to knots chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to knots