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 8043 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8043 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

8043 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8043 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4765.347213827 kt

The final result is:

8043 ft/s → 4765.347213827 kt

We conclude that 8043 feet per second is equivalent to 4765.347213827 knots:

8043 feet per second = 4765.347213827 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0002098482975382 × 8043 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8043 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0002098482975382 knots.

Approximate result

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

8043 ft/s ≅ 4765.347 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times eight thousand forty-three 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