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 3968 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3968 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

3968 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3968 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 6697.2295129718 ft/s

The final result is:

3968 kt → 6697.2295129718 ft/s

We conclude that 3968 knots is equivalent to 6697.2295129718 feet per second:

3968 knots = 6697.2295129718 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 0.00014931547411704 × 3968 knots.

Another way is saying that 3968 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00014931547411704 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 sixty-eight knots is approximately six thousand six hundred ninety-seven point two three feet per second:

3968 kt ≅ 6697.23 ft/s

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