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 5048 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5048 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

5048 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5048 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8520.0641586395 ft/s

The final result is:

5048 kt → 8520.0641586395 ft/s

We conclude that 5048 knots is equivalent to 8520.0641586395 feet per second:

5048 knots = 8520.0641586395 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 0.00011737000818075 × 5048 knots.

Another way is saying that 5048 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011737000818075 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-eight knots is approximately eight thousand five hundred twenty point zero six four feet per second:

5048 kt ≅ 8520.064 ft/s

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