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 8717 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8717 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

8717 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8717 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5164.6812959008 kt

The final result is:

8717 ft/s → 5164.6812959008 kt

We conclude that 8717 feet per second is equivalent to 5164.6812959008 knots:

8717 feet per second = 5164.6812959008 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00019362278961796 × 8717 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8717 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00019362278961796 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 seventeen feet per second is approximately five thousand one hundred sixty-four point six eight one knots:

8717 ft/s ≅ 5164.681 kt

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