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 5079 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5079 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

5079 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5079 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8572.3862642096 ft/s

The final result is:

5079 kt → 8572.3862642096 ft/s

We conclude that 5079 knots is equivalent to 8572.3862642096 feet per second:

5079 knots = 8572.3862642096 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 0.00011665363286009 × 5079 knots.

Another way is saying that 5079 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011665363286009 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 seventy-nine knots is approximately eight thousand five hundred seventy-two point three eight six feet per second:

5079 kt ≅ 8572.386 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times five thousand seventy-nine 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