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 7985 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 7985 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

7985 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 7985 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 13477.161708941 ft/s

The final result is:

7985 kt → 13477.161708941 ft/s

We conclude that 7985 knots is equivalent to 13477.161708941 feet per second:

7985 knots = 13477.161708941 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 7.4199599410947E-5 × 7985 knots.

Another way is saying that 7985 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 7.4199599410947E-5 feet per second.

Approximate result

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

7985 kt ≅ 13477.162 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times seven thousand nine hundred eighty-five 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