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 8249 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8249 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

8249 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8249 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4887.3988768941 kt

The final result is:

8249 ft/s → 4887.3988768941 kt

We conclude that 8249 feet per second is equivalent to 4887.3988768941 knots:

8249 feet per second = 4887.3988768941 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00020460781392893 × 8249 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8249 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00020460781392893 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 forty-nine feet per second is approximately four thousand eight hundred eighty-seven point three nine nine knots:

8249 ft/s ≅ 4887.399 kt

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