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 8755 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8755 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

8755 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8755 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5187.1956803501 kt

The final result is:

8755 ft/s → 5187.1956803501 kt

We conclude that 8755 feet per second is equivalent to 5187.1956803501 knots:

8755 feet per second = 5187.1956803501 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00019278239372927 × 8755 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8755 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00019278239372927 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 fifty-five feet per second is approximately five thousand one hundred eighty-seven point one nine six knots:

8755 ft/s ≅ 5187.196 kt

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