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 5015 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5015 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

5015 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5015 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8464.3664333552 ft/s

The final result is:

5015 kt → 8464.3664333552 ft/s

We conclude that 5015 knots is equivalent to 8464.3664333552 feet per second:

5015 knots = 8464.3664333552 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 0.0001181423332595 × 5015 knots.

Another way is saying that 5015 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001181423332595 feet per second.

Approximate result

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

5015 kt ≅ 8464.366 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times five thousand fifteen 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