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 8730 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8730 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

8730 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8730 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 14734.580052481 ft/s

The final result is:

8730 kt → 14734.580052481 ft/s

We conclude that 8730 knots is equivalent to 14734.580052481 feet per second:

8730 knots = 14734.580052481 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 6.7867560285957E-5 × 8730 knots.

Another way is saying that 8730 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 6.7867560285957E-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 seven hundred thirty knots is approximately fourteen thousand seven hundred thirty-four point five eight feet per second:

8730 kt ≅ 14734.58 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times eight thousand seven hundred thirty 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