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 8982 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8982 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

8982 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8982 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5321.6895032443 kt

The final result is:

8982 ft/s → 5321.6895032443 kt

We conclude that 8982 feet per second is equivalent to 5321.6895032443 knots:

8982 feet per second = 5321.6895032443 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00018791024906477 × 8982 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8982 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00018791024906477 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 eighty-two feet per second is approximately five thousand three hundred twenty-one point six nine knots:

8982 ft/s ≅ 5321.69 kt

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