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 8909 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8909 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

8909 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8909 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5278.4381857497 kt

The final result is:

8909 ft/s → 5278.4381857497 kt

We conclude that 8909 feet per second is equivalent to 5278.4381857497 knots:

8909 feet per second = 5278.4381857497 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00018944997834771 × 8909 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8909 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00018944997834771 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand nine hundred nine feet per second is approximately five thousand two hundred seventy-eight point four three eight knots:

8909 ft/s ≅ 5278.438 kt

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