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 9699 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 9699 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

9699 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 9699 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 16370.06780401 ft/s

The final result is:

9699 kt → 16370.06780401 ft/s

We conclude that 9699 knots is equivalent to 16370.06780401 feet per second:

9699 knots = 16370.06780401 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 6.1087101896732E-5 × 9699 knots.

Another way is saying that 9699 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 6.1087101896732E-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 ninety-nine knots is approximately sixteen thousand three hundred seventy point zero six eight feet per second:

9699 kt ≅ 16370.068 ft/s

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