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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 498 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 498 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

498 ft/s → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 498 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 295.05693304561 kt

The final result is:

498 ft/s → 295.05693304561 kt

We conclude that 498 feet per second is equivalent to 295.05693304561 knots:

498 feet per second = 295.05693304561 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.003389176419879 × 498 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 498 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.003389176419879 knots.

Approximate result

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

498 ft/s ≅ 295.057 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero three times four hundred ninety-eight 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)
499 feet per second 295.649 knots
500 feet per second 296.242 knots
501 feet per second 296.834 knots
502 feet per second 297.427 knots
503 feet per second 298.019 knots
504 feet per second 298.612 knots
505 feet per second 299.204 knots
506 feet per second 299.797 knots
507 feet per second 300.389 knots
508 feet per second 300.982 knots