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 9797 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 9797 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

9797 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 9797 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5804.5638013009 kt

The final result is:

9797 ft/s → 5804.5638013009 kt

We conclude that 9797 feet per second is equivalent to 5804.5638013009 knots:

9797 feet per second = 5804.5638013009 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00017227823385728 × 9797 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 9797 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00017227823385728 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 ninety-seven feet per second is approximately five thousand eight hundred four point five six four knots:

9797 ft/s ≅ 5804.564 kt

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