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 5083 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5083 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

5083 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5083 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8579.137503638 ft/s

The final result is:

5083 kt → 8579.137503638 ft/s

We conclude that 5083 knots is equivalent to 8579.137503638 feet per second:

5083 knots = 8579.137503638 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 0.0001165618338179 × 5083 knots.

Another way is saying that 5083 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001165618338179 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-three knots is approximately eight thousand five hundred seventy-nine point one three eight feet per second:

5083 kt ≅ 8579.138 ft/s

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