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 8972 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8972 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

8972 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8972 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5315.7646652314 kt

The final result is:

8972 ft/s → 5315.7646652314 kt

We conclude that 8972 feet per second is equivalent to 5315.7646652314 knots:

8972 feet per second = 5315.7646652314 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00018811968982387 × 8972 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8972 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00018811968982387 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 seventy-two feet per second is approximately five thousand three hundred fifteen point seven six five knots:

8972 ft/s ≅ 5315.765 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times eight thousand nine hundred seventy-two 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