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 871.8 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 871.8 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

871.8 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 871.8 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 1471.4326334196 ft/s

The final result is:

871.8 kt → 1471.4326334196 ft/s

We conclude that 871.8 knots is equivalent to 1471.4326334196 feet per second:

871.8 knots = 1471.4326334196 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 0.00067960977437074 × 871.8 knots.

Another way is saying that 871.8 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00067960977437074 feet per second.

Approximate result

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

871.8 kt ≅ 1471.433 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times eight hundred seventy-one point 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