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 293.5 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 293.5 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

293.5 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 293.5 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 173.8939956805 kt

The final result is:

293.5 ft/s → 173.8939956805 kt

We conclude that 293.5 feet per second is equivalent to 173.8939956805 knots:

293.5 feet per second = 173.8939956805 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0057506298367964 × 293.5 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 293.5 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0057506298367964 knots.

Approximate result

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

293.5 ft/s ≅ 173.894 kt

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