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 5162 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5162 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

5162 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5162 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8712.4744823488 ft/s

The final result is:

5162 kt → 8712.4744823488 ft/s

We conclude that 5162 knots is equivalent to 8712.4744823488 feet per second:

5162 knots = 8712.4744823488 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 0.00011477795453243 × 5162 knots.

Another way is saying that 5162 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011477795453243 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 sixty-two knots is approximately eight thousand seven hundred twelve point four seven four feet per second:

5162 kt ≅ 8712.474 ft/s

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