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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 8437 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8437 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

8437 ft/s → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 8437 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 4998.7858315378 kt

The final result is:

8437 ft/s → 4998.7858315378 kt

We conclude that 8437 feet per second is equivalent to 4998.7858315378 knots:

8437 feet per second = 4998.7858315378 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00020004857853499 × 8437 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8437 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00020004857853499 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand four hundred thirty-seven feet per second is approximately four thousand nine hundred ninety-eight point seven eight six knots:

8437 ft/s ≅ 4998.786 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times eight thousand four hundred thirty-seven 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)
8438 feet per second 4999.378 knots
8439 feet per second 4999.971 knots
8440 feet per second 5000.563 knots
8441 feet per second 5001.156 knots
8442 feet per second 5001.748 knots
8443 feet per second 5002.341 knots
8444 feet per second 5002.933 knots
8445 feet per second 5003.526 knots
8446 feet per second 5004.118 knots
8447 feet per second 5004.711 knots