Conversion formula

The conversion factor from knots to feet per second is 1.6878098570997, which means that 1 knot is equal to 1.6878098570997 feet per second:

1 kt = 1.6878098570997 ft/s

To convert 6959 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 6959 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from knots to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 kt → 1.6878098570997 ft/s

6959 kt → V_(ft/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:

V_(ft/s) = 6959 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 11745.468795557 ft/s

The final result is:

6959 kt → 11745.468795557 ft/s

We conclude that 6959 knots is equivalent to 11745.468795557 feet per second:

6959 knots = 11745.468795557 feet per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 8.5139215590804E-5 × 6959 knots.

Another way is saying that 6959 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 8.5139215590804E-5 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that six thousand nine hundred fifty-nine knots is approximately eleven thousand seven hundred forty-five point four six nine feet per second:

6959 kt ≅ 11745.469 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times six thousand nine hundred fifty-nine knots.

Conversion table

knots to feet per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from knots to feet per second