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 5172 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5172 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

5172 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5172 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8729.3525809198 ft/s

The final result is:

5172 kt → 8729.3525809198 ft/s

We conclude that 5172 knots is equivalent to 8729.3525809198 feet per second:

5172 knots = 8729.3525809198 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 0.00011455603273326 × 5172 knots.

Another way is saying that 5172 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011455603273326 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-two knots is approximately eight thousand seven hundred twenty-nine point three five three feet per second:

5172 kt ≅ 8729.353 ft/s

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