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 8895 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8895 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

8895 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8895 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5270.1434125316 kt

The final result is:

8895 ft/s → 5270.1434125316 kt

We conclude that 8895 feet per second is equivalent to 5270.1434125316 knots:

8895 feet per second = 5270.1434125316 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00018974815706574 × 8895 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8895 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00018974815706574 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-five feet per second is approximately five thousand two hundred seventy point one four three knots:

8895 ft/s ≅ 5270.143 kt

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