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 8517 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8517 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

8517 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8517 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 14375.076552918 ft/s

The final result is:

8517 kt → 14375.076552918 ft/s

We conclude that 8517 knots is equivalent to 14375.076552918 feet per second:

8517 knots = 14375.076552918 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 6.9564846929248E-5 × 8517 knots.

Another way is saying that 8517 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 6.9564846929248E-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 seventeen knots is approximately fourteen thousand three hundred seventy-five point zero seven seven feet per second:

8517 kt ≅ 14375.077 ft/s

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