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 8159 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8159 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

8159 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8159 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 13770.840624077 ft/s

The final result is:

8159 kt → 13770.840624077 ft/s

We conclude that 8159 knots is equivalent to 13770.840624077 feet per second:

8159 knots = 13770.840624077 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 7.2617208150068E-5 × 8159 knots.

Another way is saying that 8159 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 7.2617208150068E-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-nine knots is approximately thirteen thousand seven hundred seventy point eight four one feet per second:

8159 kt ≅ 13770.841 ft/s

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