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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 991 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 991 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

991 ft/s → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 991 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 587.15144708474 kt

The final result is:

991 ft/s → 587.15144708474 kt

We conclude that 991 feet per second is equivalent to 587.15144708474 knots:

991 feet per second = 587.15144708474 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0017031380999997 × 991 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 991 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0017031380999997 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine hundred ninety-one feet per second is approximately five hundred eighty-seven point one five one knots:

991 ft/s ≅ 587.151 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero two times nine hundred ninety-one 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)
992 feet per second 587.744 knots
993 feet per second 588.336 knots
994 feet per second 588.929 knots
995 feet per second 589.521 knots
996 feet per second 590.114 knots
997 feet per second 590.706 knots
998 feet per second 591.299 knots
999 feet per second 591.891 knots
1000 feet per second 592.484 knots
1001 feet per second 593.076 knots