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 8097 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8097 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

8097 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8097 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4797.341339097 kt

The final result is:

8097 ft/s → 4797.341339097 kt

We conclude that 8097 feet per second is equivalent to 4797.341339097 knots:

8097 feet per second = 4797.341339097 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00020844879055202 × 8097 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8097 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00020844879055202 knots.

Approximate result

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

8097 ft/s ≅ 4797.341 kt

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