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 8579 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8579 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

8579 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8579 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5082.9185313219 kt

The final result is:

8579 ft/s → 5082.9185313219 kt

We conclude that 8579 feet per second is equivalent to 5082.9185313219 knots:

8579 feet per second = 5082.9185313219 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00019673736532227 × 8579 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8579 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00019673736532227 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 seventy-nine feet per second is approximately five thousand eighty-two point nine one nine knots:

8579 ft/s ≅ 5082.919 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times eight thousand five hundred seventy-nine 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