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 9779 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 9779 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

9779 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 9779 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5793.8990928776 kt

The final result is:

9779 ft/s → 5793.8990928776 kt

We conclude that 9779 feet per second is equivalent to 5793.8990928776 knots:

9779 feet per second = 5793.8990928776 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00017259534278553 × 9779 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 9779 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00017259534278553 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-nine feet per second is approximately five thousand seven hundred ninety-three point eight nine nine knots:

9779 ft/s ≅ 5793.899 kt

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