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 8383 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8383 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

8383 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8383 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4966.7917062678 kt

The final result is:

8383 ft/s → 4966.7917062678 kt

We conclude that 8383 feet per second is equivalent to 4966.7917062678 knots:

8383 feet per second = 4966.7917062678 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00020133721306212 × 8383 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8383 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00020133721306212 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 eighty-three feet per second is approximately four thousand nine hundred sixty-six point seven nine two knots:

8383 ft/s ≅ 4966.792 kt

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