Convert 8,900 Knots to Feet per Second
How fast is 8,900 knots? What is 8.9 thousand knots in feet per second? 8,900 knots to fps conversion.
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8,900 Knots ≈
15,021.508 Feet per Second
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Result in Plain English
8,900 knots is equal to about 15 thousand feet per second.
In Scientific Notation
8,900 knots
= 8.9 x 103 knots
≈ 1.50215 x 104 feet per second
Knots
A knot is a unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour. Something traveling at one knot is going about 1.151 land miles per hour.Common abbreviations: kn, kt
Feet per Second
A foot per second is a unit of speed. Something traveling at one foot per second is traveling exactly 0.3048 meters per second, or about 0.682 miles per hour.Common abbreviations: ft/s, fps