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 999.8 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 999.8 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

999.8 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 999.8 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 592.36530453615 kt

The final result is:

999.8 ft/s → 592.36530453615 kt

We conclude that 999.8 feet per second is equivalent to 592.36530453615 knots:

999.8 feet per second = 592.36530453615 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0016881474865971 × 999.8 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 999.8 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0016881474865971 knots.

Approximate result

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

999.8 ft/s ≅ 592.365 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero two times nine hundred ninety-nine point eight 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