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 8513 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8513 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

8513 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8513 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 14368.32531349 ft/s

The final result is:

8513 kt → 14368.32531349 ft/s

We conclude that 8513 knots is equivalent to 14368.32531349 feet per second:

8513 knots = 14368.32531349 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 6.9597533336827E-5 × 8513 knots.

Another way is saying that 8513 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 6.9597533336827E-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 five hundred thirteen knots is approximately fourteen thousand three hundred sixty-eight point three two five feet per second:

8513 kt ≅ 14368.325 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times eight thousand five hundred thirteen 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