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 993.9 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 993.9 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

993.9 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 993.9 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 1677.5142169714 ft/s

The final result is:

993.9 kt → 1677.5142169714 ft/s

We conclude that 993.9 knots is equivalent to 1677.5142169714 feet per second:

993.9 knots = 1677.5142169714 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 0.00059612013411451 × 993.9 knots.

Another way is saying that 993.9 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00059612013411451 feet per second.

Approximate result

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

993.9 kt ≅ 1677.514 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times nine hundred ninety-three point nine 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