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 8917 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8917 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

8917 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8917 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5283.1780561601 kt

The final result is:

8917 ft/s → 5283.1780561601 kt

We conclude that 8917 feet per second is equivalent to 5283.1780561601 knots:

8917 feet per second = 5283.1780561601 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00018928001088928 × 8917 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8917 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00018928001088928 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 seventeen feet per second is approximately five thousand two hundred eighty-three point one seven eight knots:

8917 ft/s ≅ 5283.178 kt

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