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 8727 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8727 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

8727 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8727 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5170.6061339138 kt

The final result is:

8727 ft/s → 5170.6061339138 kt

We conclude that 8727 feet per second is equivalent to 5170.6061339138 knots:

8727 feet per second = 5170.6061339138 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0001934009232382 × 8727 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8727 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001934009232382 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 twenty-seven feet per second is approximately five thousand one hundred seventy point six zero six knots:

8727 ft/s ≅ 5170.606 kt

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