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 8170 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8170 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

8170 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8170 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 13789.406532505 ft/s

The final result is:

8170 kt → 13789.406532505 ft/s

We conclude that 8170 knots is equivalent to 13789.406532505 feet per second:

8170 knots = 13789.406532505 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 7.2519437123183E-5 × 8170 knots.

Another way is saying that 8170 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 7.2519437123183E-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 seventy knots is approximately thirteen thousand seven hundred eighty-nine point four zero seven feet per second:

8170 kt ≅ 13789.407 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times eight thousand one hundred seventy 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