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 5089 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5089 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

5089 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5089 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8589.2643627806 ft/s

The final result is:

5089 kt → 8589.2643627806 ft/s

We conclude that 5089 knots is equivalent to 8589.2643627806 feet per second:

5089 knots = 8589.2643627806 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 0.00011642440583541 × 5089 knots.

Another way is saying that 5089 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011642440583541 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-nine knots is approximately eight thousand five hundred eighty-nine point two six four feet per second:

5089 kt ≅ 8589.264 ft/s

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