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 8157 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8157 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

8157 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8157 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4832.8903671748 kt

The final result is:

8157 ft/s → 4832.8903671748 kt

We conclude that 8157 feet per second is equivalent to 4832.8903671748 knots:

8157 feet per second = 4832.8903671748 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0002069155151526 × 8157 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8157 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0002069155151526 knots.

Approximate result

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

8157 ft/s ≅ 4832.89 kt

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