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 8370 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8370 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

8370 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8370 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4959.0894168509 kt

The final result is:

8370 ft/s → 4959.0894168509 kt

We conclude that 8370 feet per second is equivalent to 4959.0894168509 knots:

8370 feet per second = 4959.0894168509 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00020164992318993 × 8370 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8370 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00020164992318993 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 seventy feet per second is approximately four thousand nine hundred fifty-nine point zero eight nine knots:

8370 ft/s ≅ 4959.089 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times eight thousand three hundred seventy 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