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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 117.3 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 117.3 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

117.3 ft/s → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 117.3 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 69.498349892069 kt

The final result is:

117.3 ft/s → 69.498349892069 kt

We conclude that 117.3 feet per second is equivalent to 69.498349892069 knots:

117.3 feet per second = 69.498349892069 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.014388830836315 × 117.3 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 117.3 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.014388830836315 knots.

Approximate result

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

117.3 ft/s ≅ 69.498 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero one four times one hundred seventeen point three 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

feet per second (ft/s) knots (kt)
118.3 feet per second 70.091 knots
119.3 feet per second 70.683 knots
120.3 feet per second 71.276 knots
121.3 feet per second 71.868 knots
122.3 feet per second 72.461 knots
123.3 feet per second 73.053 knots
124.3 feet per second 73.646 knots
125.3 feet per second 74.238 knots
126.3 feet per second 74.831 knots
127.3 feet per second 75.423 knots