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 8157 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8157 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

8157 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8157 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 13767.465004363 ft/s

The final result is:

8157 kt → 13767.465004363 ft/s

We conclude that 8157 knots is equivalent to 13767.465004363 feet per second:

8157 knots = 13767.465004363 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 7.2635013031312E-5 × 8157 knots.

Another way is saying that 8157 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 7.2635013031312E-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 one hundred fifty-seven knots is approximately thirteen thousand seven hundred sixty-seven point four six five feet per second:

8157 kt ≅ 13767.465 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times eight thousand one hundred fifty-seven 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