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 8172 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8172 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

8172 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8172 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 13792.782152219 ft/s

The final result is:

8172 kt → 13792.782152219 ft/s

We conclude that 8172 knots is equivalent to 13792.782152219 feet per second:

8172 knots = 13792.782152219 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 7.2501688851739E-5 × 8172 knots.

Another way is saying that 8172 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 7.2501688851739E-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-two knots is approximately thirteen thousand seven hundred ninety-two point seven eight two feet per second:

8172 kt ≅ 13792.782 ft/s

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