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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 8460 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8460 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

8460 ft/s → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 8460 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 5012.4129589676 kt

The final result is:

8460 ft/s → 5012.4129589676 kt

We conclude that 8460 feet per second is equivalent to 5012.4129589676 knots:

8460 feet per second = 5012.4129589676 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0001995047112411 × 8460 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8460 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001995047112411 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 sixty feet per second is approximately five thousand twelve point four one three knots:

8460 ft/s ≅ 5012.413 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times eight thousand four hundred sixty 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)
8461 feet per second 5013.005 knots
8462 feet per second 5013.598 knots
8463 feet per second 5014.19 knots
8464 feet per second 5014.783 knots
8465 feet per second 5015.375 knots
8466 feet per second 5015.968 knots
8467 feet per second 5016.56 knots
8468 feet per second 5017.153 knots
8469 feet per second 5017.745 knots
8470 feet per second 5018.338 knots