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 8174 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8174 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

8174 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8174 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4842.9625917968 kt

The final result is:

8174 ft/s → 4842.9625917968 kt

We conclude that 8174 feet per second is equivalent to 4842.9625917968 knots:

8174 feet per second = 4842.9625917968 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0002064851794837 × 8174 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8174 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0002064851794837 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 seventy-four feet per second is approximately four thousand eight hundred forty-two point nine six three knots:

8174 ft/s ≅ 4842.963 kt

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