Conversion formula

The conversion factor from knots to feet per second is 1.6878098570997, which means that 1 knot is equal to 1.6878098570997 feet per second:

1 kt = 1.6878098570997 ft/s

To convert 8929 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8929 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from knots to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 kt → 1.6878098570997 ft/s

8929 kt → V_(ft/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:

V_(ft/s) = 8929 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 15070.454214044 ft/s

The final result is:

8929 kt → 15070.454214044 ft/s

We conclude that 8929 knots is equivalent to 15070.454214044 feet per second:

8929 knots = 15070.454214044 feet per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 6.6355000705164E-5 × 8929 knots.

Another way is saying that 8929 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 6.6355000705164E-5 feet per second.

Approximate result

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

8929 kt ≅ 15070.454 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times eight thousand nine hundred twenty-nine knots.

Conversion table

knots to feet per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from knots to feet per second