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 260 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 260 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

260 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 260 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 154.04578833707 kt

The final result is:

260 ft/s → 154.04578833707 kt

We conclude that 260 feet per second is equivalent to 154.04578833707 knots:

260 feet per second = 154.04578833707 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0064915763734605 × 260 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 260 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0064915763734605 knots.

Approximate result

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

260 ft/s ≅ 154.046 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero six times two hundred sixty 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