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 8525 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8525 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

8525 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8525 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 14388.579031775 ft/s

The final result is:

8525 kt → 14388.579031775 ft/s

We conclude that 8525 knots is equivalent to 14388.579031775 feet per second:

8525 knots = 14388.579031775 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 6.9499566134476E-5 × 8525 knots.

Another way is saying that 8525 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 6.9499566134476E-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 twenty-five knots is approximately fourteen thousand three hundred eighty-eight point five seven nine feet per second:

8525 kt ≅ 14388.579 ft/s

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