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 8978 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8978 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

8978 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8978 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5319.3195680392 kt

The final result is:

8978 ft/s → 5319.3195680392 kt

We conclude that 8978 feet per second is equivalent to 5319.3195680392 knots:

8978 feet per second = 5319.3195680392 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00018799396938068 × 8978 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8978 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00018799396938068 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-eight feet per second is approximately five thousand three hundred nineteen point three two knots:

8978 ft/s ≅ 5319.32 kt

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