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 5171 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5171 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

5171 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5171 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8727.6647710627 ft/s

The final result is:

5171 kt → 8727.6647710627 ft/s

We conclude that 5171 knots is equivalent to 8727.6647710627 feet per second:

5171 knots = 8727.6647710627 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 0.00011457818628822 × 5171 knots.

Another way is saying that 5171 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011457818628822 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-one knots is approximately eight thousand seven hundred twenty-seven point six six five feet per second:

5171 kt ≅ 8727.665 ft/s

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