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 8800 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8800 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

8800 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8800 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 14852.726742478 ft/s

The final result is:

8800 kt → 14852.726742478 ft/s

We conclude that 8800 knots is equivalent to 14852.726742478 feet per second:

8800 knots = 14852.726742478 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 6.7327704692774E-5 × 8800 knots.

Another way is saying that 8800 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 6.7327704692774E-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 eight hundred knots is approximately fourteen thousand eight hundred fifty-two point seven two seven feet per second:

8800 kt ≅ 14852.727 ft/s

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