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 8712 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8712 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

8712 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8712 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5161.7188768943 kt

The final result is:

8712 ft/s → 5161.7188768943 kt

We conclude that 8712 feet per second is equivalent to 5161.7188768943 knots:

8712 feet per second = 5161.7188768943 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00019373391380851 × 8712 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8712 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00019373391380851 knots.

Approximate result

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

8712 ft/s ≅ 5161.719 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times eight thousand seven hundred twelve 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