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 8995 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 8995 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

8995 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 8995 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 5329.3917926612 kt

The final result is:

8995 ft/s → 5329.3917926612 kt

We conclude that 8995 feet per second is equivalent to 5329.3917926612 knots:

8995 feet per second = 5329.3917926612 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00018763867227346 × 8995 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8995 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00018763867227346 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-five feet per second is approximately five thousand three hundred twenty-nine point three nine two knots:

8995 ft/s ≅ 5329.392 kt

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