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 5157 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5157 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

5157 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5157 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8704.0354330633 ft/s

The final result is:

5157 kt → 8704.0354330633 ft/s

We conclude that 5157 knots is equivalent to 8704.0354330633 feet per second:

5157 knots = 8704.0354330633 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 0.00011488923818042 × 5157 knots.

Another way is saying that 5157 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011488923818042 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-seven knots is approximately eight thousand seven hundred four point zero three five feet per second:

5157 kt ≅ 8704.035 ft/s

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