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 8672 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8672 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

8672 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8672 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5138.0195248425 kt

The final result is:

8672 ft/s → 5138.0195248425 kt

We conclude that 8672 feet per second is equivalent to 5138.0195248425 knots:

8672 feet per second = 5138.0195248425 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00019462752042202 × 8672 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8672 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00019462752042202 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand six hundred seventy-two feet per second is approximately five thousand one hundred thirty-eight point zero two knots:

8672 ft/s ≅ 5138.02 kt

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