Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:

1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt

To convert 72 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 72 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt

72 ft/s → V_(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V_(kt) = 72 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 42.658833693341 kt

The final result is:

72 ft/s → 42.658833693341 kt

We conclude that 72 feet per second is equivalent to 42.658833693341 knots:

72 feet per second = 42.658833693341 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.02344180357083 × 72 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 72 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.02344180357083 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventy-two feet per second is approximately forty-two point six five nine knots:

72 ft/s ≅ 42.659 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero two three times seventy-two feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to knots chart

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