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 779 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 779 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

779 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 779 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 1314.8038786807 ft/s

The final result is:

779 kt → 1314.8038786807 ft/s

We conclude that 779 knots is equivalent to 1314.8038786807 feet per second:

779 knots = 1314.8038786807 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 0.00076056970641387 × 779 knots.

Another way is saying that 779 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00076056970641387 feet per second.

Approximate result

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

779 kt ≅ 1314.804 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times seven hundred seventy-nine 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