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 8372 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8372 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

8372 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8372 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4960.2743844535 kt

The final result is:

8372 ft/s → 4960.2743844535 kt

We conclude that 8372 feet per second is equivalent to 4960.2743844535 knots:

8372 feet per second = 4960.2743844535 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00020160175072859 × 8372 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8372 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00020160175072859 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-two feet per second is approximately four thousand nine hundred sixty point two seven four knots:

8372 ft/s ≅ 4960.274 kt

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