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 8238 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8238 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

8238 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8238 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4880.8815550798 kt

The final result is:

8238 ft/s → 4880.8815550798 kt

We conclude that 8238 feet per second is equivalent to 4880.8815550798 knots:

8238 feet per second = 4880.8815550798 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00020488102174068 × 8238 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8238 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00020488102174068 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand two hundred thirty-eight feet per second is approximately four thousand eight hundred eighty point eight eight two knots:

8238 ft/s ≅ 4880.882 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times eight thousand two hundred thirty-eight 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