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 978.4 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 978.4 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

978.4 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 978.4 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 579.68615118841 kt

The final result is:

978.4 ft/s → 579.68615118841 kt

We conclude that 978.4 feet per second is equivalent to 579.68615118841 knots:

978.4 feet per second = 579.68615118841 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0017250713993252 × 978.4 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 978.4 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0017250713993252 knots.

Approximate result

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

978.4 ft/s ≅ 579.686 kt

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