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 8265 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8265 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

8265 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8265 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4896.8786177148 kt

The final result is:

8265 ft/s → 4896.8786177148 kt

We conclude that 8265 feet per second is equivalent to 4896.8786177148 knots:

8265 feet per second = 4896.8786177148 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00020421171894734 × 8265 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8265 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00020421171894734 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 sixty-five feet per second is approximately four thousand eight hundred ninety-six point eight seven nine knots:

8265 ft/s ≅ 4896.879 kt

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