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 8990 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 8990 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

8990 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 8990 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 15173.410615327 ft/s

The final result is:

8990 kt → 15173.410615327 ft/s

We conclude that 8990 knots is equivalent to 15173.410615327 feet per second:

8990 knots = 15173.410615327 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 6.5904760989589E-5 × 8990 knots.

Another way is saying that 8990 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 6.5904760989589E-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 ninety knots is approximately fifteen thousand one hundred seventy-three point four one one feet per second:

8990 kt ≅ 15173.411 ft/s

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