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 5042 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 5042 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

5042 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 5042 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 2987.3033261365 kt

The final result is:

5042 ft/s → 2987.3033261365 kt

We conclude that 5042 feet per second is equivalent to 2987.3033261365 knots:

5042 feet per second = 2987.3033261365 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00033475007082502 × 5042 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 5042 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00033475007082502 knots.

Approximate result

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

5042 ft/s ≅ 2987.303 kt

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