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 9688 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 9688 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

9688 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 9688 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5739.9830669596 kt

The final result is:

9688 ft/s → 5739.9830669596 kt

We conclude that 9688 feet per second is equivalent to 5739.9830669596 knots:

9688 feet per second = 5739.9830669596 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00017421654181459 × 9688 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 9688 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00017421654181459 knots.

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-eight feet per second is approximately five thousand seven hundred thirty-nine point nine eight three knots:

9688 ft/s ≅ 5739.983 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times nine thousand six hundred eighty-eight 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