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 5000 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 5000 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

5000 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 5000 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 2962.419006482 kt

The final result is:

5000 ft/s → 2962.419006482 kt

We conclude that 5000 feet per second is equivalent to 2962.419006482 knots:

5000 feet per second = 2962.419006482 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00033756197141995 × 5000 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 5000 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00033756197141995 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five thousand feet per second is approximately two thousand nine hundred sixty-two point four one nine knots:

5000 ft/s ≅ 2962.419 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times five thousand 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