Unit Converter
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 970.9 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 970.9 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
970.9 kt → V(ft/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:
V(ft/s) = 970.9 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s
V(ft/s) = 1638.6945902581 ft/s
The final result is:
970.9 kt → 1638.6945902581 ft/s
We conclude that 970.9 knots is equivalent to 1638.6945902581 feet per second:
970.9 knots = 1638.6945902581 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 0.00061024183880565 × 970.9 knots.
Another way is saying that 970.9 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00061024183880565 feet per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine hundred seventy point nine knots is approximately one thousand six hundred thirty-eight point six nine five feet per second:
970.9 kt ≅ 1638.695 ft/s
An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times nine hundred seventy point 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
knots (kt) | feet per second (ft/s) |
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971.9 knots | 1640.382 feet per second |
972.9 knots | 1642.07 feet per second |
973.9 knots | 1643.758 feet per second |
974.9 knots | 1645.446 feet per second |
975.9 knots | 1647.134 feet per second |
976.9 knots | 1648.821 feet per second |
977.9 knots | 1650.509 feet per second |
978.9 knots | 1652.197 feet per second |
979.9 knots | 1653.885 feet per second |
980.9 knots | 1655.573 feet per second |