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 1979 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 1979 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

1979 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 1979 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 1172.5254427656 kt

The final result is:

1979 ft/s → 1172.5254427656 kt

We conclude that 1979 feet per second is equivalent to 1172.5254427656 knots:

1979 feet per second = 1172.5254427656 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00085285995811002 × 1979 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 1979 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00085285995811002 knots.

Approximate result

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

1979 ft/s ≅ 1172.525 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero one times one thousand nine hundred seventy-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