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 8442 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8442 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

8442 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8442 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 14248.490813636 ft/s

The final result is:

8442 kt → 14248.490813636 ft/s

We conclude that 8442 knots is equivalent to 14248.490813636 feet per second:

8442 knots = 14248.490813636 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 7.0182871511065E-5 × 8442 knots.

Another way is saying that 8442 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 7.0182871511065E-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 forty-two knots is approximately fourteen thousand two hundred forty-eight point four nine one feet per second:

8442 kt ≅ 14248.491 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times eight thousand four hundred forty-two 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