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 8991 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8991 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

8991 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8991 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5327.021857456 kt

The final result is:

8991 ft/s → 5327.021857456 kt

We conclude that 8991 feet per second is equivalent to 5327.021857456 knots:

8991 feet per second = 5327.021857456 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00018772215071735 × 8991 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8991 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00018772215071735 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 ninety-one feet per second is approximately five thousand three hundred twenty-seven point zero two two knots:

8991 ft/s ≅ 5327.022 kt

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