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 8542 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8542 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

8542 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8542 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5060.9966306739 kt

The final result is:

8542 ft/s → 5060.9966306739 kt

We conclude that 8542 feet per second is equivalent to 5060.9966306739 knots:

8542 feet per second = 5060.9966306739 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00019758954075155 × 8542 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8542 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00019758954075155 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand five hundred forty-two feet per second is approximately five thousand sixty point nine nine seven knots:

8542 ft/s ≅ 5060.997 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times eight thousand five hundred forty-two 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