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 8374 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8374 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

8374 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8374 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4961.4593520561 kt

The final result is:

8374 ft/s → 4961.4593520561 kt

We conclude that 8374 feet per second is equivalent to 4961.4593520561 knots:

8374 feet per second = 4961.4593520561 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00020155360127773 × 8374 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8374 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00020155360127773 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-four feet per second is approximately four thousand nine hundred sixty-one point four five nine knots:

8374 ft/s ≅ 4961.459 kt

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