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 5170 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5170 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

5170 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5170 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8725.9769612056 ft/s

The final result is:

5170 kt → 8725.9769612056 ft/s

We conclude that 5170 knots is equivalent to 8725.9769612056 feet per second:

5170 knots = 8725.9769612056 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 0.00011460034841323 × 5170 knots.

Another way is saying that 5170 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011460034841323 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 seventy knots is approximately eight thousand seven hundred twenty-five point nine seven seven feet per second:

5170 kt ≅ 8725.977 ft/s

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