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 5015 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 5015 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

5015 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 5015 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 2971.3062635015 kt

The final result is:

5015 ft/s → 2971.3062635015 kt

We conclude that 5015 feet per second is equivalent to 2971.3062635015 knots:

5015 feet per second = 2971.3062635015 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00033655231447652 × 5015 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 5015 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00033655231447652 knots.

Approximate result

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

5015 ft/s ≅ 2971.306 kt

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