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 8199 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8199 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

8199 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8199 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4857.7746868293 kt

The final result is:

8199 ft/s → 4857.7746868293 kt

We conclude that 8199 feet per second is equivalent to 4857.7746868293 knots:

8199 feet per second = 4857.7746868293 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0002058555747164 × 8199 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8199 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0002058555747164 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 ninety-nine feet per second is approximately four thousand eight hundred fifty-seven point seven seven five knots:

8199 ft/s ≅ 4857.775 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times eight thousand one hundred ninety-nine 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