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 8893 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8893 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

8893 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8893 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5268.958444929 kt

The final result is:

8893 ft/s → 5268.958444929 kt

We conclude that 8893 feet per second is equivalent to 5268.958444929 knots:

8893 feet per second = 5268.958444929 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00018979083066454 × 8893 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8893 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00018979083066454 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-three feet per second is approximately five thousand two hundred sixty-eight point nine five eight knots:

8893 ft/s ≅ 5268.958 kt

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