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 8801 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8801 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

8801 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8801 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5214.4499352097 kt

The final result is:

8801 ft/s → 5214.4499352097 kt

We conclude that 8801 feet per second is equivalent to 5214.4499352097 knots:

8801 feet per second = 5214.4499352097 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00019177478208155 × 8801 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8801 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00019177478208155 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand eight hundred one feet per second is approximately five thousand two hundred fourteen point four five knots:

8801 ft/s ≅ 5214.45 kt

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