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 8988 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8988 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

8988 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8988 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5325.2444060521 kt

The final result is:

8988 ft/s → 5325.2444060521 kt

We conclude that 8988 feet per second is equivalent to 5325.2444060521 knots:

8988 feet per second = 5325.2444060521 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00018778480831105 × 8988 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8988 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00018778480831105 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-eight feet per second is approximately five thousand three hundred twenty-five point two four four knots:

8988 ft/s ≅ 5325.244 kt

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