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 8690 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8690 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

8690 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8690 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 14667.067658197 ft/s

The final result is:

8690 kt → 14667.067658197 ft/s

We conclude that 8690 knots is equivalent to 14667.067658197 feet per second:

8690 knots = 14667.067658197 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 6.8179954119264E-5 × 8690 knots.

Another way is saying that 8690 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 6.8179954119264E-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 six hundred ninety knots is approximately fourteen thousand six hundred sixty-seven point zero six eight feet per second:

8690 kt ≅ 14667.068 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times eight thousand six hundred ninety 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