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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 5.5 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5.5 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

5.5 kt → V(ft/s)

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

V(ft/s) = 5.5 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V(ft/s) = 9.2829542140486 ft/s

The final result is:

5.5 kt → 9.2829542140486 ft/s

We conclude that 5.5 knots is equivalent to 9.2829542140486 feet per second:

5.5 knots = 9.2829542140486 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 0.10772432750844 × 5.5 knots.

Another way is saying that 5.5 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.10772432750844 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five point five knots is approximately nine point two eight three feet per second:

5.5 kt ≅ 9.283 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero point one zero eight times five point five 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

knots (kt) feet per second (ft/s)
6.5 knots 10.971 feet per second
7.5 knots 12.659 feet per second
8.5 knots 14.346 feet per second
9.5 knots 16.034 feet per second
10.5 knots 17.722 feet per second
11.5 knots 19.41 feet per second
12.5 knots 21.098 feet per second
13.5 knots 22.785 feet per second
14.5 knots 24.473 feet per second
15.5 knots 26.161 feet per second