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 5042 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5042 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

5042 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5042 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8509.9372994969 ft/s

The final result is:

5042 kt → 8509.9372994969 ft/s

We conclude that 5042 knots is equivalent to 8509.9372994969 feet per second:

5042 knots = 8509.9372994969 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 0.00011750967895605 × 5042 knots.

Another way is saying that 5042 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011750967895605 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 forty-two knots is approximately eight thousand five hundred nine point nine three seven feet per second:

5042 kt ≅ 8509.937 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times five thousand forty-two 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