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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 971.9 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 971.9 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

971.9 ft/s → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 971.9 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 575.83500647998 kt

The final result is:

971.9 ft/s → 575.83500647998 kt

We conclude that 971.9 feet per second is equivalent to 575.83500647998 knots:

971.9 feet per second = 575.83500647998 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0017366085575674 × 971.9 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 971.9 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0017366085575674 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine hundred seventy-one point nine feet per second is approximately five hundred seventy-five point eight three five knots:

971.9 ft/s ≅ 575.835 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero two times nine hundred seventy-one point 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

feet per second (ft/s) knots (kt)
972.9 feet per second 576.427 knots
973.9 feet per second 577.02 knots
974.9 feet per second 577.612 knots
975.9 feet per second 578.205 knots
976.9 feet per second 578.797 knots
977.9 feet per second 579.39 knots
978.9 feet per second 579.982 knots
979.9 feet per second 580.575 knots
980.9 feet per second 581.167 knots
981.9 feet per second 581.76 knots