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 8764 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8764 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

8764 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8764 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5192.5280345617 kt

The final result is:

8764 ft/s → 5192.5280345617 kt

We conclude that 8764 feet per second is equivalent to 5192.5280345617 knots:

8764 feet per second = 5192.5280345617 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00019258442002507 × 8764 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8764 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00019258442002507 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 sixty-four feet per second is approximately five thousand one hundred ninety-two point five two eight knots:

8764 ft/s ≅ 5192.528 kt

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