Unit Converter
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 2959 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 2959 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
2959 ft/s → V(kt)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:
V(kt) = 2959 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt
V(kt) = 1753.1595680361 kt
The final result is:
2959 ft/s → 1753.1595680361 kt
We conclude that 2959 feet per second is equivalent to 1753.1595680361 knots:
2959 feet per second = 1753.1595680361 knots
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00057039873507933 × 2959 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 2959 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00057039873507933 knots.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two thousand nine hundred fifty-nine feet per second is approximately one thousand seven hundred fifty-three point one six knots:
2959 ft/s ≅ 1753.16 kt
An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero one times two thousand nine hundred fifty-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) |
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2960 feet per second | 1753.752 knots |
2961 feet per second | 1754.345 knots |
2962 feet per second | 1754.937 knots |
2963 feet per second | 1755.53 knots |
2964 feet per second | 1756.122 knots |
2965 feet per second | 1756.714 knots |
2966 feet per second | 1757.307 knots |
2967 feet per second | 1757.899 knots |
2968 feet per second | 1758.492 knots |
2969 feet per second | 1759.084 knots |