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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 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 997 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 ft/s → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 997 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 590.70634989252 kt

The final result is:

997 ft/s → 590.70634989252 kt

We conclude that 997 feet per second is equivalent to 590.70634989252 knots:

997 feet per second = 590.70634989252 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0016928885226677 × 997 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 997 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0016928885226677 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 feet per second is approximately five hundred ninety point seven zero six knots:

997 ft/s ≅ 590.706 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero two times nine hundred ninety-seven 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 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
1002 feet per second 593.669 knots
1003 feet per second 594.261 knots
1004 feet per second 594.854 knots
1005 feet per second 595.446 knots
1006 feet per second 596.039 knots
1007 feet per second 596.631 knots