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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 39.2 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 39.2 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

39.2 ft/s → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 39.2 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 23.225365010819 kt

The final result is:

39.2 ft/s → 23.225365010819 kt

We conclude that 39.2 feet per second is equivalent to 23.225365010819 knots:

39.2 feet per second = 23.225365010819 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.043056373905606 × 39.2 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 39.2 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.043056373905606 knots.

Approximate result

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

39.2 ft/s ≅ 23.225 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero four three times thirty-nine point two 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)
40.2 feet per second 23.818 knots
41.2 feet per second 24.41 knots
42.2 feet per second 25.003 knots
43.2 feet per second 25.595 knots
44.2 feet per second 26.188 knots
45.2 feet per second 26.78 knots
46.2 feet per second 27.373 knots
47.2 feet per second 27.965 knots
48.2 feet per second 28.558 knots
49.2 feet per second 29.15 knots