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 3979 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3979 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

3979 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3979 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 6715.7954213999 ft/s

The final result is:

3979 kt → 6715.7954213999 ft/s

We conclude that 3979 knots is equivalent to 6715.7954213999 feet per second:

3979 knots = 6715.7954213999 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 0.00014890268944368 × 3979 knots.

Another way is saying that 3979 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00014890268944368 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 seventy-nine knots is approximately six thousand seven hundred fifteen point seven nine five feet per second:

3979 kt ≅ 6715.795 ft/s

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