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 5050 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5050 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

5050 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5050 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8523.4397783537 ft/s

The final result is:

5050 kt → 8523.4397783537 ft/s

We conclude that 5050 knots is equivalent to 8523.4397783537 feet per second:

5050 knots = 8523.4397783537 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 0.00011732352500919 × 5050 knots.

Another way is saying that 5050 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011732352500919 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 fifty knots is approximately eight thousand five hundred twenty-three point four four feet per second:

5050 kt ≅ 8523.44 ft/s

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