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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 140.9 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 140.9 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

140.9 ft/s → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 140.9 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 83.480967602664 kt

The final result is:

140.9 ft/s → 83.480967602664 kt

We conclude that 140.9 feet per second is equivalent to 83.480967602664 knots:

140.9 feet per second = 83.480967602664 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.011978778261886 × 140.9 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 140.9 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.011978778261886 knots.

Approximate result

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

140.9 ft/s ≅ 83.481 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero one two times one hundred forty point nine 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)
141.9 feet per second 84.073 knots
142.9 feet per second 84.666 knots
143.9 feet per second 85.258 knots
144.9 feet per second 85.851 knots
145.9 feet per second 86.443 knots
146.9 feet per second 87.036 knots
147.9 feet per second 87.628 knots
148.9 feet per second 88.221 knots
149.9 feet per second 88.813 knots
150.9 feet per second 89.406 knots