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 5080 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5080 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

5080 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5080 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8574.0740740667 ft/s

The final result is:

5080 kt → 8574.0740740667 ft/s

We conclude that 5080 knots is equivalent to 8574.0740740667 feet per second:

5080 knots = 8574.0740740667 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 0.00011663066954654 × 5080 knots.

Another way is saying that 5080 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011663066954654 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 eighty knots is approximately eight thousand five hundred seventy-four point zero seven four feet per second:

5080 kt ≅ 8574.074 ft/s

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