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 5152 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5152 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

5152 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5152 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8695.5963837778 ft/s

The final result is:

5152 kt → 8695.5963837778 ft/s

We conclude that 5152 knots is equivalent to 8695.5963837778 feet per second:

5152 knots = 8695.5963837778 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 0.00011500073782927 × 5152 knots.

Another way is saying that 5152 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011500073782927 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 one hundred fifty-two knots is approximately eight thousand six hundred ninety-five point five nine six feet per second:

5152 kt ≅ 8695.596 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times five thousand one hundred fifty-two 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