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 5048 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 5048 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

5048 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 5048 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 2990.8582289443 kt

The final result is:

5048 ft/s → 2990.8582289443 kt

We conclude that 5048 feet per second is equivalent to 2990.8582289443 knots:

5048 feet per second = 2990.8582289443 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00033435219039218 × 5048 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 5048 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00033435219039218 knots.

Approximate result

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

5048 ft/s ≅ 2990.858 kt

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