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 6990 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 6990 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

6990 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 6990 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 11797.790901127 ft/s

The final result is:

6990 kt → 11797.790901127 ft/s

We conclude that 6990 knots is equivalent to 11797.790901127 feet per second:

6990 knots = 11797.790901127 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 8.4761631086754E-5 × 6990 knots.

Another way is saying that 6990 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 8.4761631086754E-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 ninety knots is approximately eleven thousand seven hundred ninety-seven point seven nine one feet per second:

6990 kt ≅ 11797.791 ft/s

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