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 9680 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 9680 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

9680 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 9680 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 16337.999416725 ft/s

The final result is:

9680 kt → 16337.999416725 ft/s

We conclude that 9680 knots is equivalent to 16337.999416725 feet per second:

9680 knots = 16337.999416725 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 6.1207004266158E-5 × 9680 knots.

Another way is saying that 9680 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 6.1207004266158E-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 six hundred eighty knots is approximately sixteen thousand three hundred thirty-seven point nine nine nine feet per second:

9680 kt ≅ 16337.999 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times nine thousand six hundred eighty 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