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 3988 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 3988 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

3988 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 3988 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 6730.9857101138 ft/s

The final result is:

3988 kt → 6730.9857101138 ft/s

We conclude that 3988 knots is equivalent to 6730.9857101138 feet per second:

3988 knots = 6730.9857101138 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 0.00014856665027493 × 3988 knots.

Another way is saying that 3988 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00014856665027493 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 eighty-eight knots is approximately six thousand seven hundred thirty point nine eight six feet per second:

3988 kt ≅ 6730.986 ft/s

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