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 6996 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 6996 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

6996 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 6996 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 11807.91776027 ft/s

The final result is:

6996 kt → 11807.91776027 ft/s

We conclude that 6996 knots is equivalent to 11807.91776027 feet per second:

6996 knots = 11807.91776027 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 8.468893672047E-5 × 6996 knots.

Another way is saying that 6996 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 8.468893672047E-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-six knots is approximately eleven thousand eight hundred seven point nine one eight feet per second:

6996 kt ≅ 11807.918 ft/s

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