Conversion formula

The conversion factor from knots to feet per second is 1.6878098570997, which means that 1 knot is equal to 1.6878098570997 feet per second:

1 kt = 1.6878098570997 ft/s

To convert 9780 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 9780 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from knots to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 kt → 1.6878098570997 ft/s

9780 kt → V_(ft/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:

V_(ft/s) = 9780 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 16506.780402435 ft/s

The final result is:

9780 kt → 16506.780402435 ft/s

We conclude that 9780 knots is equivalent to 16506.780402435 feet per second:

9780 knots = 16506.780402435 feet per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 6.0581165776729E-5 × 9780 knots.

Another way is saying that 9780 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 6.0581165776729E-5 feet per second.

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 knots is approximately sixteen thousand five hundred six point seven eight feet per second:

9780 kt ≅ 16506.78 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times nine thousand seven hundred eighty knots.

Conversion table

knots to feet per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from knots to feet per second