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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 797 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 797 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

797 ft/s → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 797 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 472.20958963324 kt

The final result is:

797 ft/s → 472.20958963324 kt

We conclude that 797 feet per second is equivalent to 472.20958963324 knots:

797 feet per second = 472.20958963324 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0021177037102883 × 797 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 797 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0021177037102883 knots.

Approximate result

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

797 ft/s ≅ 472.21 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero two times seven hundred ninety-seven 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

feet per second (ft/s) knots (kt)
798 feet per second 472.802 knots
799 feet per second 473.395 knots
800 feet per second 473.987 knots
801 feet per second 474.58 knots
802 feet per second 475.172 knots
803 feet per second 475.764 knots
804 feet per second 476.357 knots
805 feet per second 476.949 knots
806 feet per second 477.542 knots
807 feet per second 478.134 knots