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 5095 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5095 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

5095 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5095 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8599.3912219232 ft/s

The final result is:

5095 kt → 8599.3912219232 ft/s

We conclude that 5095 knots is equivalent to 8599.3912219232 feet per second:

5095 knots = 8599.3912219232 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 0.00011628730153021 × 5095 knots.

Another way is saying that 5095 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011628730153021 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-five knots is approximately eight thousand five hundred ninety-nine point three nine one feet per second:

5095 kt ≅ 8599.391 ft/s

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