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 8891 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8891 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

8891 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8891 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5267.7734773264 kt

The final result is:

8891 ft/s → 5267.7734773264 kt

We conclude that 8891 feet per second is equivalent to 5267.7734773264 knots:

8891 feet per second = 5267.7734773264 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0001898335234619 × 8891 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8891 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001898335234619 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 ninety-one feet per second is approximately five thousand two hundred sixty-seven point seven seven three knots:

8891 ft/s ≅ 5267.773 kt

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