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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 997.6 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 997.6 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

997.6 ft/s → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 997.6 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 591.0618401733 kt

The final result is:

997.6 ft/s → 591.0618401733 kt

We conclude that 997.6 feet per second is equivalent to 591.0618401733 knots:

997.6 feet per second = 591.0618401733 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00169187034593 × 997.6 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 997.6 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00169187034593 knots.

Approximate result

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

997.6 ft/s ≅ 591.062 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero two times nine hundred ninety-seven 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)
998.6 feet per second 591.654 knots
999.6 feet per second 592.247 knots
1000.6 feet per second 592.839 knots
1001.6 feet per second 593.432 knots
1002.6 feet per second 594.024 knots
1003.6 feet per second 594.617 knots
1004.6 feet per second 595.209 knots
1005.6 feet per second 595.802 knots
1006.6 feet per second 596.394 knots
1007.6 feet per second 596.987 knots