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 7162 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 7162 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

7162 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 7162 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 12088.094196548 ft/s

The final result is:

7162 kt → 12088.094196548 ft/s

We conclude that 7162 knots is equivalent to 12088.094196548 feet per second:

7162 knots = 12088.094196548 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 8.2726026430663E-5 × 7162 knots.

Another way is saying that 7162 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 8.2726026430663E-5 feet per second.

Approximate result

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

7162 kt ≅ 12088.094 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times seven thousand one hundred sixty-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