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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 977 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 977 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

977 ft/s → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 977 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 578.85667386659 kt

The final result is:

977 ft/s → 578.85667386659 kt

We conclude that 977 feet per second is equivalent to 578.85667386659 knots:

977 feet per second = 578.85667386659 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0017275433542474 × 977 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 977 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0017275433542474 knots.

Approximate result

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

977 ft/s ≅ 578.857 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero two times nine hundred seventy-seven 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)
978 feet per second 579.449 knots
979 feet per second 580.042 knots
980 feet per second 580.634 knots
981 feet per second 581.227 knots
982 feet per second 581.819 knots
983 feet per second 582.412 knots
984 feet per second 583.004 knots
985 feet per second 583.597 knots
986 feet per second 584.189 knots
987 feet per second 584.782 knots