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 39.3 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 39.3 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

39.3 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 39.3 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 66.33092738402 ft/s

The final result is:

39.3 kt → 66.33092738402 ft/s

We conclude that 39.3 knots is equivalent to 66.33092738402 feet per second:

39.3 knots = 66.33092738402 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 0.01507592369711 × 39.3 knots.

Another way is saying that 39.3 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.01507592369711 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that thirty-nine point three knots is approximately sixty-six point three three one feet per second:

39.3 kt ≅ 66.331 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero point zero one five times thirty-nine point three 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