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 8959 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8959 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

8959 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8959 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 15121.088509757 ft/s

The final result is:

8959 kt → 15121.088509757 ft/s

We conclude that 8959 knots is equivalent to 15121.088509757 feet per second:

8959 knots = 15121.088509757 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 6.6132805145263E-5 × 8959 knots.

Another way is saying that 8959 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 6.6132805145263E-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 fifty-nine knots is approximately fifteen thousand one hundred twenty-one point zero eight nine feet per second:

8959 kt ≅ 15121.089 ft/s

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