Conversion formula

The conversion factor from knots to feet per second is 1.6878098570997, which means that 1 knot is equal to 1.6878098570997 feet per second:

1 kt = 1.6878098570997 ft/s

To convert 8280 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8280 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from knots to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 kt → 1.6878098570997 ft/s

8280 kt → V_(ft/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:

V_(ft/s) = 8280 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 13975.065616786 ft/s

The final result is:

8280 kt → 13975.065616786 ft/s

We conclude that 8280 knots is equivalent to 13975.065616786 feet per second:

8280 knots = 13975.065616786 feet per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 7.1556014649325E-5 × 8280 knots.

Another way is saying that 8280 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 7.1556014649325E-5 feet per second.

Approximate result

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

8280 kt ≅ 13975.066 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times eight thousand two hundred eighty knots.

Conversion table

knots to feet per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from knots to feet per second