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 6420 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 6420 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

6420 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 6420 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 10835.73928258 ft/s

The final result is:

6420 kt → 10835.73928258 ft/s

We conclude that 6420 knots is equivalent to 10835.73928258 feet per second:

6420 knots = 10835.73928258 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 9.2287196463615E-5 × 6420 knots.

Another way is saying that 6420 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 9.2287196463615E-5 feet per second.

Approximate result

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

6420 kt ≅ 10835.739 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times six thousand four hundred twenty 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