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 8967 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8967 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

8967 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8967 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 15134.590988613 ft/s

The final result is:

8967 kt → 15134.590988613 ft/s

We conclude that 8967 knots is equivalent to 15134.590988613 feet per second:

8967 knots = 15134.590988613 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 6.6073804092384E-5 × 8967 knots.

Another way is saying that 8967 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 6.6073804092384E-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-seven knots is approximately fifteen thousand one hundred thirty-four point five nine one feet per second:

8967 kt ≅ 15134.591 ft/s

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