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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 279 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 279 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

279 ft/s → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 279 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 165.3029805617 kt

The final result is:

279 ft/s → 165.3029805617 kt

We conclude that 279 feet per second is equivalent to 165.3029805617 knots:

279 feet per second = 165.3029805617 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.006049497695698 × 279 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 279 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.006049497695698 knots.

Approximate result

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

279 ft/s ≅ 165.303 kt

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

feet per second (ft/s) knots (kt)
280 feet per second 165.895 knots
281 feet per second 166.488 knots
282 feet per second 167.08 knots
283 feet per second 167.673 knots
284 feet per second 168.265 knots
285 feet per second 168.858 knots
286 feet per second 169.45 knots
287 feet per second 170.043 knots
288 feet per second 170.635 knots
289 feet per second 171.228 knots