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 3898 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 3898 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

3898 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 3898 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 2309.5018574534 kt

The final result is:

3898 ft/s → 2309.5018574534 kt

We conclude that 3898 feet per second is equivalent to 2309.5018574534 knots:

3898 feet per second = 2309.5018574534 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00043299380633652 × 3898 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 3898 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00043299380633652 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 ninety-eight feet per second is approximately two thousand three hundred nine point five zero two knots:

3898 ft/s ≅ 2309.502 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times three thousand eight hundred ninety-eight 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