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 8362 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8362 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

8362 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8362 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4954.3495464406 kt

The final result is:

8362 ft/s → 4954.3495464406 kt

We conclude that 8362 feet per second is equivalent to 4954.3495464406 knots:

8362 feet per second = 4954.3495464406 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00020184284347043 × 8362 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8362 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00020184284347043 knots.

Approximate result

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

8362 ft/s ≅ 4954.35 kt

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