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 2598 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 2598 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

2598 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 2598 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 1539.2729157681 kt

The final result is:

2598 ft/s → 1539.2729157681 kt

We conclude that 2598 feet per second is equivalent to 1539.2729157681 knots:

2598 feet per second = 1539.2729157681 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00064965737378743 × 2598 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 2598 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00064965737378743 knots.

Approximate result

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

2598 ft/s ≅ 1539.273 kt

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