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 6972 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 6972 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

6972 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 6972 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 11767.410323699 ft/s

The final result is:

6972 kt → 11767.410323699 ft/s

We conclude that 6972 knots is equivalent to 11767.410323699 feet per second:

6972 knots = 11767.410323699 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 8.4980464901952E-5 × 6972 knots.

Another way is saying that 6972 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 8.4980464901952E-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 seventy-two knots is approximately eleven thousand seven hundred sixty-seven point four one feet per second:

6972 kt ≅ 11767.41 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times six thousand nine hundred seventy-two 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