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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 8393 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8393 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

8393 ft/s → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 8393 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 4972.7165442808 kt

The final result is:

8393 ft/s → 4972.7165442808 kt

We conclude that 8393 feet per second is equivalent to 4972.7165442808 knots:

8393 feet per second = 4972.7165442808 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00020109732599782 × 8393 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8393 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00020109732599782 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 ninety-three feet per second is approximately four thousand nine hundred seventy-two point seven one seven knots:

8393 ft/s ≅ 4972.717 kt

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

feet per second (ft/s) knots (kt)
8394 feet per second 4973.309 knots
8395 feet per second 4973.902 knots
8396 feet per second 4974.494 knots
8397 feet per second 4975.086 knots
8398 feet per second 4975.679 knots
8399 feet per second 4976.271 knots
8400 feet per second 4976.864 knots
8401 feet per second 4977.456 knots
8402 feet per second 4978.049 knots
8403 feet per second 4978.641 knots