Unit Converter
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 980.6 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 980.6 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
980.6 ft/s → V(kt)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:
V(kt) = 980.6 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt
V(kt) = 580.98961555126 kt
The final result is:
980.6 ft/s → 580.98961555126 kt
We conclude that 980.6 feet per second is equivalent to 580.98961555126 knots:
980.6 feet per second = 580.98961555126 knots
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0017212011595959 × 980.6 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 980.6 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0017212011595959 knots.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine hundred eighty point six feet per second is approximately five hundred eighty point nine nine knots:
980.6 ft/s ≅ 580.99 kt
An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero two times nine hundred eighty point six 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
feet per second (ft/s) | knots (kt) |
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981.6 feet per second | 581.582 knots |
982.6 feet per second | 582.175 knots |
983.6 feet per second | 582.767 knots |
984.6 feet per second | 583.36 knots |
985.6 feet per second | 583.952 knots |
986.6 feet per second | 584.545 knots |
987.6 feet per second | 585.137 knots |
988.6 feet per second | 585.729 knots |
989.6 feet per second | 586.322 knots |
990.6 feet per second | 586.914 knots |