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 9477 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 9477 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

9477 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 9477 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 15995.374015734 ft/s

The final result is:

9477 kt → 15995.374015734 ft/s

We conclude that 9477 knots is equivalent to 15995.374015734 feet per second:

9477 knots = 15995.374015734 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 6.2518075477093E-5 × 9477 knots.

Another way is saying that 9477 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 6.2518075477093E-5 feet per second.

Approximate result

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

9477 kt ≅ 15995.374 ft/s

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