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 8347 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8347 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

8347 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8347 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 14088.148877212 ft/s

The final result is:

8347 kt → 14088.148877212 ft/s

We conclude that 8347 knots is equivalent to 14088.148877212 feet per second:

8347 knots = 14088.148877212 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 7.098164625571E-5 × 8347 knots.

Another way is saying that 8347 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 7.098164625571E-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 three hundred forty-seven knots is approximately fourteen thousand eighty-eight point one four nine feet per second:

8347 kt ≅ 14088.149 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times eight thousand three hundred forty-seven 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