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 7097 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 7097 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

7097 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 7097 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 11978.386555837 ft/s

The final result is:

7097 kt → 11978.386555837 ft/s

We conclude that 7097 knots is equivalent to 11978.386555837 feet per second:

7097 knots = 11978.386555837 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 8.3483697519573E-5 × 7097 knots.

Another way is saying that 7097 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 8.3483697519573E-5 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seven thousand ninety-seven knots is approximately eleven thousand nine hundred seventy-eight point three eight seven feet per second:

7097 kt ≅ 11978.387 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times seven thousand ninety-seven 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