Conversion formula

The conversion factor from knots to feet per second is 1.6878098570997, which means that 1 knot is equal to 1.6878098570997 feet per second:

1 kt = 1.6878098570997 ft/s

To convert 8438 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8438 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from knots to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 kt → 1.6878098570997 ft/s

8438 kt → V_(ft/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:

V_(ft/s) = 8438 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 14241.739574208 ft/s

The final result is:

8438 kt → 14241.739574208 ft/s

We conclude that 8438 knots is equivalent to 14241.739574208 feet per second:

8438 knots = 14241.739574208 feet per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 7.0216141419342E-5 × 8438 knots.

Another way is saying that 8438 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 7.0216141419342E-5 feet per second.

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-eight knots is approximately fourteen thousand two hundred forty-one point seven four feet per second:

8438 kt ≅ 14241.74 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times eight thousand four hundred thirty-eight knots.

Conversion table

knots to feet per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from knots to feet per second