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 2496 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 2496 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

2496 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 2496 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 1478.8395680358 kt

The final result is:

2496 ft/s → 1478.8395680358 kt

We conclude that 2496 feet per second is equivalent to 1478.8395680358 knots:

2496 feet per second = 1478.8395680358 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00067620587223547 × 2496 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 2496 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00067620587223547 knots.

Approximate result

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

2496 ft/s ≅ 1478.84 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero one times two thousand four hundred ninety-six 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