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 5093 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5093 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

5093 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5093 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8596.015602209 ft/s

The final result is:

5093 kt → 8596.015602209 ft/s

We conclude that 5093 knots is equivalent to 8596.015602209 feet per second:

5093 knots = 8596.015602209 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 0.00011633296707175 × 5093 knots.

Another way is saying that 5093 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011633296707175 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 ninety-three knots is approximately eight thousand five hundred ninety-six point zero one six feet per second:

5093 kt ≅ 8596.016 ft/s

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