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 8040 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8040 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

8040 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8040 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 13569.991251082 ft/s

The final result is:

8040 kt → 13569.991251082 ft/s

We conclude that 8040 knots is equivalent to 13569.991251082 feet per second:

8040 knots = 13569.991251082 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 7.3692015086618E-5 × 8040 knots.

Another way is saying that 8040 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 7.3692015086618E-5 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand forty knots is approximately thirteen thousand five hundred sixty-nine point nine nine one feet per second:

8040 kt ≅ 13569.991 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times eight thousand forty 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