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 8888 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8888 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

8888 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8888 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5265.9960259225 kt

The final result is:

8888 ft/s → 5265.9960259225 kt

We conclude that 8888 feet per second is equivalent to 5265.9960259225 knots:

8888 feet per second = 5265.9960259225 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00018989759868359 × 8888 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8888 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00018989759868359 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-eight feet per second is approximately five thousand two hundred sixty-five point nine nine six knots:

8888 ft/s ≅ 5265.996 kt

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