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 8731 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8731 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

8731 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8731 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5172.9760691189 kt

The final result is:

8731 ft/s → 5172.9760691189 kt

We conclude that 8731 feet per second is equivalent to 5172.9760691189 knots:

8731 feet per second = 5172.9760691189 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00019331231898978 × 8731 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8731 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00019331231898978 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 thirty-one feet per second is approximately five thousand one hundred seventy-two point nine seven six knots:

8731 ft/s ≅ 5172.976 kt

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