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 9780 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 9780 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

9780 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 9780 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5794.4915766789 kt

The final result is:

9780 ft/s → 5794.4915766789 kt

We conclude that 9780 feet per second is equivalent to 5794.4915766789 knots:

9780 feet per second = 5794.4915766789 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00017257769499997 × 9780 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 9780 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00017257769499997 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 eighty feet per second is approximately five thousand seven hundred ninety-four point four nine two knots:

9780 ft/s ≅ 5794.492 kt

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