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 8964 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8964 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

8964 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8964 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 15129.527559042 ft/s

The final result is:

8964 kt → 15129.527559042 ft/s

We conclude that 8964 knots is equivalent to 15129.527559042 feet per second:

8964 knots = 15129.527559042 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 6.6095917145963E-5 × 8964 knots.

Another way is saying that 8964 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 6.6095917145963E-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 sixty-four knots is approximately fifteen thousand one hundred twenty-nine point five two eight feet per second:

8964 kt ≅ 15129.528 ft/s

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