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 9689 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 9689 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

9689 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 9689 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5740.5755507609 kt

The final result is:

9689 ft/s → 5740.5755507609 kt

We conclude that 9689 feet per second is equivalent to 5740.5755507609 knots:

9689 feet per second = 5740.5755507609 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0001741985609557 × 9689 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 9689 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001741985609557 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-nine feet per second is approximately five thousand seven hundred forty point five seven six knots:

9689 ft/s ≅ 5740.576 kt

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