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 8831 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8831 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

8831 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8831 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 14905.048848048 ft/s

The final result is:

8831 kt → 14905.048848048 ft/s

We conclude that 8831 knots is equivalent to 14905.048848048 feet per second:

8831 knots = 14905.048848048 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 6.7091360128684E-5 × 8831 knots.

Another way is saying that 8831 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 6.7091360128684E-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 thirty-one knots is approximately fourteen thousand nine hundred five point zero four nine feet per second:

8831 kt ≅ 14905.049 ft/s

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