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 9698 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 9698 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

9698 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 9698 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5745.9079049726 kt

The final result is:

9698 ft/s → 5745.9079049726 kt

We conclude that 9698 feet per second is equivalent to 5745.9079049726 knots:

9698 feet per second = 5745.9079049726 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00017403690009278 × 9698 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 9698 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00017403690009278 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 ninety-eight feet per second is approximately five thousand seven hundred forty-five point nine zero eight knots:

9698 ft/s ≅ 5745.908 kt

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