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 9730 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 9730 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

9730 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 9730 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 16422.38990958 ft/s

The final result is:

9730 kt → 16422.38990958 ft/s

We conclude that 9730 knots is equivalent to 16422.38990958 feet per second:

9730 knots = 16422.38990958 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 6.0892477008881E-5 × 9730 knots.

Another way is saying that 9730 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 6.0892477008881E-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 seven hundred thirty knots is approximately sixteen thousand four hundred twenty-two point three nine feet per second:

9730 kt ≅ 16422.39 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times nine thousand seven hundred thirty 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