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 42 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 42 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

42 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 42 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 70.888013998189 ft/s

The final result is:

42 kt → 70.888013998189 ft/s

We conclude that 42 knots is equivalent to 70.888013998189 feet per second:

42 knots = 70.888013998189 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 0.014106757173724 × 42 knots.

Another way is saying that 42 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.014106757173724 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty-two knots is approximately seventy point eight eight eight feet per second:

42 kt ≅ 70.888 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero point zero one four times forty-two 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