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 9798 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 9798 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

9798 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 9798 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5805.1562851022 kt

The final result is:

9798 ft/s → 5805.1562851022 kt

We conclude that 9798 feet per second is equivalent to 5805.1562851022 knots:

9798 feet per second = 5805.1562851022 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00017226065085729 × 9798 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 9798 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00017226065085729 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-eight feet per second is approximately five thousand eight hundred five point one five six knots:

9798 ft/s ≅ 5805.156 kt

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