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 3938 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3938 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

3938 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3938 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 6646.5952172588 ft/s

The final result is:

3938 kt → 6646.5952172588 ft/s

We conclude that 3938 knots is equivalent to 6646.5952172588 feet per second:

3938 knots = 6646.5952172588 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 0.0001504529713805 × 3938 knots.

Another way is saying that 3938 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001504529713805 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 nine hundred thirty-eight knots is approximately six thousand six hundred forty-six point five nine five feet per second:

3938 kt ≅ 6646.595 ft/s

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