Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:

1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt

To convert 3998 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 3998 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt

3998 ft/s → V_(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V_(kt) = 3998 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 2368.750237583 kt

The final result is:

3998 ft/s → 2368.750237583 kt

We conclude that 3998 feet per second is equivalent to 2368.750237583 knots:

3998 feet per second = 2368.750237583 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00042216354604796 × 3998 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 3998 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00042216354604796 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three thousand nine hundred ninety-eight feet per second is approximately two thousand three hundred sixty-eight point seven five knots:

3998 ft/s ≅ 2368.75 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times three thousand nine hundred ninety-eight feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to knots chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to knots