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 9770 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 9770 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

9770 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 9770 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5788.5667386659 kt

The final result is:

9770 ft/s → 5788.5667386659 kt

We conclude that 9770 feet per second is equivalent to 5788.5667386659 knots:

9770 feet per second = 5788.5667386659 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00017275433542474 × 9770 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 9770 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00017275433542474 knots.

Approximate result

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

9770 ft/s ≅ 5788.567 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times nine thousand seven hundred seventy 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