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 8884 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8884 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

8884 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8884 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5263.6260907173 kt

The final result is:

8884 ft/s → 5263.6260907173 kt

We conclude that 8884 feet per second is equivalent to 5263.6260907173 knots:

8884 feet per second = 5263.6260907173 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00018998309962852 × 8884 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8884 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00018998309962852 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 eighty-four feet per second is approximately five thousand two hundred sixty-three point six two six knots:

8884 ft/s ≅ 5263.626 kt

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